Eugene H Rasmussen
Military
Timothy Motz, from 447bg.com
Object Number - UPL 55519 - Finfinger crew; 710th squadron, 447th bomb group. Photo taken at Harvard AAB, October 1943. Crew as assigned November 8, 1943, order in photo...
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Diepholz, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31167. 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
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 10 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
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Born |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Revisions
Removed the "Possible DUPLICATE" flag in the Nickname field, merged all data fields and then removed the duplicate person.
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a POW event and a middle initial per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to the A/C #42-31167 listed in the "Summary biography" .
Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2535, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
