Adolphe T DeSmedt

Military

Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-24 41-28588. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft 1 (Bardt) for 18 months 

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

41-28588

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Sad Sack
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

29 April 1917

Prisoner of war

30 December 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4175