Second Lieutenant Ziegelmeyer made the ultimate sacrifice when he was killed in action over Germany while serving as a navigator aboard a B-17F (Flying Fortress) with the 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) "The Ragged Irregulars", 8th Air Force.
After three years of college at the University of Texas, Julius enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in JAN 1942.
On 22 JUN 1943, aircraft 42-29998 departed RAF Bassingbourn as part of a mission against the synthetic rubber factory at Huls, Germany. According to the daily report for the 91st Bombardment Group, "Enemy air opposition was by far the worst yet experienced by this group, between 150 and 175 E/A attacked. Nearly all were FW-190 with a few ME-109's and two JU 88's reported. Encounters lasted one hour fifteen minutes and some crews reported as many as fifty attacks. Attacks from all sides. Flak at target was intense, accurate and a barrage type."
Second Lieutenant Ziegelmeyer and his crewmates crashed in Bungern, three miles SE of Bocholt, Germany. Julius and seven others were killed, and two of the Airmen were taken as POWs.
Julius was a brother of the Texas Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and a member of the Class of '42 at UT.
His awards include the Purple Heart & Air Medal.
After three years of college at the University of Texas, Julius enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in JAN 1942.
On 22 JUN 1943, aircraft 42-29998 departed RAF Bassingbourn as part of a mission against the synthetic rubber factory at Huls, Germany. According to the daily report for the 91st Bombardment Group, "Enemy air opposition was by far the worst yet experienced by this group, between 150 and 175 E/A attacked. Nearly all were FW-190 with a few ME-109's and two JU 88's reported. Encounters lasted one hour fifteen minutes and some crews reported as many as fifty attacks. Attacks from all sides. Flak at target was intense, accurate and a barrage type."
Second Lieutenant Ziegelmeyer and his crewmates crashed in Bungern, three miles SE of Bocholt, Germany. Julius and seven others were killed, and two of the Airmen were taken as POWs.
Julius was a brother of the Texas Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and a member of the Class of '42 at UT.
His awards include the Purple Heart & Air Medal.
Second Lieutenant Ziegelmeyer made the ultimate sacrifice when he was killed in action over Germany while serving as a navigator aboard a B-17F (Flying Fortress) with the 324th Bomb Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) "The Ragged Irregulars", 8th Air Force.
After three years of college at the University of Texas, Julius enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in JAN 1942.
On 22 JUN 1943, aircraft 42-29998 departed RAF Bassingbourn as part of a mission against the synthetic rubber factory at Huls, Germany. According to the daily report for the 91st Bombardment Group, "Enemy air opposition was by far the worst yet experienced by this group, between 150 and 175 E/A attacked. Nearly all were FW-190 with a few ME-109's and two JU 88's reported. Encounters lasted one hour fifteen minutes and some crews reported as many as fifty attacks. Attacks from all sides. Flak at target was intense, accurate and a barrage type."
Second Lieutenant Ziegelmeyer and his crewmates crashed in Bungern, three miles SE of Bocholt, Germany. Julius and seven others were killed, and two of the Airmen were taken as POWs.
Julius was a brother of the Texas Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and a member of the Class of '42 at UT.
His awards include the Purple Heart & Air Medal.
After three years of college at the University of Texas, Julius enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in JAN 1942.
On 22 JUN 1943, aircraft 42-29998 departed RAF Bassingbourn as part of a mission against the synthetic rubber factory at Huls, Germany. According to the daily report for the 91st Bombardment Group, "Enemy air opposition was by far the worst yet experienced by this group, between 150 and 175 E/A attacked. Nearly all were FW-190 with a few ME-109's and two JU 88's reported. Encounters lasted one hour fifteen minutes and some crews reported as many as fifty attacks. Attacks from all sides. Flak at target was intense, accurate and a barrage type."
Second Lieutenant Ziegelmeyer and his crewmates crashed in Bungern, three miles SE of Bocholt, Germany. Julius and seven others were killed, and two of the Airmen were taken as POWs.
Julius was a brother of the Texas Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and a member of the Class of '42 at UT.
His awards include the Purple Heart & Air Medal.
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