Albert F Fitzpatrick
MilitaryRandy Holliday, son of Lt. Reg C. Holliday, 100BG, 418BS
After attacking the secondary target, the steelworks at Frankfurt, on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39799 'Dodie', damaged by heavy flak, then fighters, and three engines out or on fire, crashed SW of Kasterlee. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dodie or Dobie
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
4 February 1944 |
Revisions
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 2564, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2564 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database