Zimpleman, Jacob H.

1917 - 1971  (53 Jahre)

• Name	Zimpleman, Jacob H.
  Spitzname	Jack
  Geburt	3 Sep 1917	,, Iowa, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Geschlecht	männlich
  Tod	16 Apr 1971	,, Iowa, USA   [1, 3]
  Beerdigung	Amana Cemetery, Amana, Iowa County, Iowa, USA   [1]
  Personen-Kennung	I193003	Zimbelmann
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	2 Feb 2020

  
  

  Vater	Zimpleman, Jacob Lorenz,   geb. 3 Dez 1890, Amana, Iowa County, Iowa, USA gest. 3 Mrz 1952, ,, Iowa, USA (Alter 61 Jahre)
  Mutter	Frey, Maria,   geb. um 1896, ,, Iowa, USA gest. Datum unbekannt
  Familien-Kennung	F64681	Familienblatt  |  Familientafel

  
  

  Familie	Puegner, Edna M.,   geb. 25 Dez 1917, High Amana, Iowa County, Iowa, USA gest. 6 Jan 2009, Osage Beach, Camden County, Missouri, USA (Alter 91 Jahre)
  Eheschließung	geschätzt 1947
  Kinder	+ 1. Lebend
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	27 Jan 2019
  Familien-Kennung	F64682	Familienblatt  |  Familientafel

  
  

• Ereignis-Karte		Geburt - 3 Sep 1917 - ,, Iowa, USA Tod - 16 Apr 1971 - ,, Iowa, USA Beerdigung - - Amana Cemetery, Amana, Iowa County, Iowa, USA  = Link zu Google Earth
  Pin-Bedeutungen	: Adresse       : Ortsteil       : Ort       : Region       : (Bundes-)Staat/-Land       : Land       : Nicht festgelegt

  
  

• Grabsteine

  Zimpleman, Jack H. Amana Cemetery, Amana, Iowa County, Iowa, USA

  
  

• Notizen

  www.findagrave.com: www.findagrave.com/memorial/106069003/jack-zimpleman Jack H. Zimpleman, Staff Sergeant 458th Bomb Group, served as a tail gunner on a B-24 Liberator based in England and was awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster in March 1945. On April 9, 1945 his plane was shot down over Lechfeld, Germany. Two accounts are listed below: "On April 9, 1944 the 458th BG flew their 222nd mission to the airfield at Lechfeld, Germany. On the bomb run, Final Approach, flown by 2Lt Leonard Abramowitz, suffered a direct flak hit almost simultaneously with bomb release. 2 Engine went on fire and A/C went into power dive in attempt to smother fire. One chute came out while in power glide, A/C circled to left then pilot seemed to lose control, three more chutes came out aircraft then went into a dive, one more chute came out before A/C broke up at 10,000 feet. "All crew members except for nose gunner Sgt Allen Rupp managed to bail out in time. According to the navigator, Lt John Holodak, he had just let Rupp out of the nose turret and the two were about to bail out when the plane blew up. At least one of the crew believes that Rupp never made it out of his turret. Holodak, Zeiler, and Freeman were wounded by flak, but received treatment on the ground and recovered. The crew was rounded up and spent the final weeks of the war as prisoners of the Germans." Report by S/Sgt Elmer F. Grow, Waist Gunner. "This is a full account of what happened to the best of my knowledge… A few seconds after bombs away at the target, flak hit our No. 2 engine. We caught fire and were given orders to bail out. The tail gunner (Jack Zimpleman) and I went out the camera hatch. The right waist [gunner] was last to leave but we never saw him again. On hitting the ground, Wehrmacht troops captured me and took me to a nearby flak battery. There I seen, pilot who had slight burns, and tail gunner (Jack Zimpleman) who appeared OK. That night we were moved to a town and locked up for the night."

  
  

• Quellen

  [S170] Findagrave.com, (findagrave.com). [S401] IAGenWeb, (iagenweb.org). [S469] Larry D. Zimpleman, (Brief).