Alvin J Farris
Military
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Alvin J. Farris
Uploaded by Dawn Bittle, grandaughter of Alvin J. Farris
Crashed at Hannover on 09/11/44 in B-24 Lady Diana #42-50593, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37090268
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39274682
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-715320
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Okemah, OK 74859, USA | 13 April 1922 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 11 September 1944 - 26 April 1945 | Plane shot down on September 11, 1944. Taken as POW that same day. Liberated on April 26, 1945. (Information taken from "A Wartime Log" belonging to Alvin J. Farris). Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8851 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database