Don J Geiger

Military
media-24256.jpeg UPL 24256 Crew of the "Free Delivery" just before being deployed to Framlingham, England. Free Delivery was hit by flak on Dec. 31, 1944 while on a mission to Hamburg and was eventually shot down by a Messerschmitt Me 262. Crew parachuted; 2 (Carpenter, Dinger) KIA; 7 taken as POW.

Photo courtesy of Pima Air Museum, Tuscon, AZ.

Photo courtesy of Pima Air Museum, Tuscon, AZ.

Object Number - UPL 24256 - Crew of the "Free Delivery" just before being deployed to Framlingham, England. Free Delivery was hit by flak on Dec. 31, 1944 while on a mission to...

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Neuendorf on 31 Dec 44 in B-17 'Free Delivery' #4338632

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38632

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Free Delivery
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wichita, Kansas, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 31 December 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11245 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Don J Geiger: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 24256 - Crew of the "Free Delivery" just before being...

Object number: UPL 36388 - 43-38632 B-17G Free Delivery