Edgar A Grabhorn
MilitaryShot down 29 May 1944 in B-24 #42-52577 'Flutterbye'. Plane crashed into Baltic. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Flutterbye
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Greenfield, Indiana, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 May 1944 | Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5224 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/BrownCrew001.shtml