Alvin Bernard Lynch
Military
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Object Number - UPL 36668 - 2Lt Alvin B Lynch, Co-Pilot on B17 42-37968 " Little Audrey" 94th Bomb Group, hit by flak, two engines on fire, then tail snapped off, crashed...
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munich in B-17 42-37968 'Little Audrey' 18-Mar-44; Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3418
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Audrey
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Akron, Ohio, USA | 27 January 1917 | Son of Winnifred Lynch. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 18 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Baled out POW |
East of Munich | 18 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Munich in B-17 42-37968 'Little Audrey' 18-Mar-44; POW MACR 3418 |
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Based |
Bury St Edmunds | 18 March 1944 | Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3418 / MACR 3418, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database