Ernest Thompson Herndon
MilitaryHit 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
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-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Belle of Boston | Roll Call
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Dallas, Texas, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 6 March 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Updated rank and middle name per MACR 3348 at fold3.com.
Source: https://www.fold3.com/image/28630273
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3348 / MACR 3348, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 277of the book LIBERATORS OVER EUROPE by Mackay, Bailey & Scorza, D790G458 & 458bg.com including crew picture in Pierce crew in 754th BS / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database