Earle L Knight

Military

Hit by flak and later by fighters on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-24H #41-29299 'Roll Call' made a forced landing near Nijkerk, Holland after eight of the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'

458th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-29299

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Belle of Boston | Roll Call
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Andrews, South Carolina

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychow, Poland 6 March 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

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Updated first name per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Source: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=96&tf=F&q=Kn…

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to A/C #41-29299 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3348, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 278of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458