Emory L Brandt
MilitaryShot down by fighters and crashed SE of Oldenburg after seven crewmembers baled out on a mission to Klein Machow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17F #42-30799 'Big Ass Bird II'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Big Ass Bird ll
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 6 March 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Updated S/N and the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an Association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #250 for 3/6/1944 per info in the "Summary biography".
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Added S/N per info on the 100th BG website.
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 3017, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3017 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database