Died in auto accident
Jung served with the 96th Bombardment Squadron-Medium, 17th Bombardment Group-Medium. Sgt. Jung became a prisoner of war after he, and two others, bailed from their aircraft on February 25, 1945, near Sinsheim, Germany. According to reports by the pilot, 1st Lt Raymond Cowen, and several others, after the aircraft lost its right engine, it was discovered that Sgt Jung, Engineer/Gunner; Cpl Robert McGrail, Radio Gunner; and Arthur F. Connolly, Armory Gunner, had parachuted thinking the aircraft was going down. The plane eventually landed in Louneville, France, and then on to their home base. The three that parachuted were taken prisoner by the Germans and eventually repatriated at the end of the war.
Jung served with the 96th Bombardment Squadron-Medium, 17th Bombardment Group-Medium. Sgt. Jung became a prisoner of war after he, and two others, bailed from their aircraft on February 25, 1945, near Sinsheim, Germany. According to reports by the pilot, 1st Lt Raymond Cowen, and several others, after the aircraft lost its right engine, it was discovered that Sgt Jung, Engineer/Gunner; Cpl Robert McGrail, Radio Gunner; and Arthur F. Connolly, Armory Gunner, had parachuted thinking the aircraft was going down. The plane eventually landed in Louneville, France, and then on to their home base. The three that parachuted were taken prisoner by the Germans and eventually repatriated at the end of the war.
Died in auto accident
Jung served with the 96th Bombardment Squadron-Medium, 17th Bombardment Group-Medium. Sgt. Jung became a prisoner of war after he, and two others, bailed from their aircraft on February 25, 1945, near Sinsheim, Germany. According to reports by the pilot, 1st Lt Raymond Cowen, and several others, after the aircraft lost its right engine, it was discovered that Sgt Jung, Engineer/Gunner; Cpl Robert McGrail, Radio Gunner; and Arthur F. Connolly, Armory Gunner, had parachuted thinking the aircraft was going down. The plane eventually landed in Louneville, France, and then on to their home base. The three that parachuted were taken prisoner by the Germans and eventually repatriated at the end of the war.
Jung served with the 96th Bombardment Squadron-Medium, 17th Bombardment Group-Medium. Sgt. Jung became a prisoner of war after he, and two others, bailed from their aircraft on February 25, 1945, near Sinsheim, Germany. According to reports by the pilot, 1st Lt Raymond Cowen, and several others, after the aircraft lost its right engine, it was discovered that Sgt Jung, Engineer/Gunner; Cpl Robert McGrail, Radio Gunner; and Arthur F. Connolly, Armory Gunner, had parachuted thinking the aircraft was going down. The plane eventually landed in Louneville, France, and then on to their home base. The three that parachuted were taken prisoner by the Germans and eventually repatriated at the end of the war.
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