Donald Clifford Burkness
MilitaryAssigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 'Jeanie' 44-8501; A/C crashed near Pulheim on 6-Jan-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11568
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: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-760975
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jeanie
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 3A
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota | 8 March 1925 | Son of Margaret K Burkness. |
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Enlisted |
Minneapolis, MN | 16 February 1943 | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Other Baled out POW |
Pulheim, Germany | 6 January 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 'Jeanie' 44-8501; A/C crashed near Pulheim on 6-Jan-45 POW MACR 11568 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Luckenwalde, Germany | 6 January 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag IIIa. |
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Died |
Annapolis, MD | 8 May 2013 | |
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Buried |
11 May 2013 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Section 55, Grave 131 | |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 6 January 1945 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11568