Frederick W Irwin

Military
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Object Number - UPL 15141 - Rougham Control Tower Museum

Shot down by fighters on return from mission to Brunswick on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-39822 'Miserable Bitch'. Prisoner of War (POW). 1941 Enlists in the Army 1942 Achieves rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Assumes duties as Navigator with the 333rd bomb Squadron, 94th Bomber Group of the 8th Air Force. 1943, Dec. 30 Plane crash lands at St. MaryÕs in the Marsh. Crew survives but plane is destroyed. 1944, Jan. 11 Plane is shot down while taking part in an attack on an Luftwafe parts factory near Brunswick, Germany. Initially reported as Missing in Action, Irwin becomes prisoner of German Government. 1944, March Imprisoned at Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany1945, May 13 Liberated from Stalag Luft I. Stays in service as career officer



POW

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37820

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron

42-39822

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 8 August 1918

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 January 1944

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MACR 1887, accessed at Fold3

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Rougham Control Tower memorial plaques

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1887 / MACR 1887, 8th F Losses, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, p. 449 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Frederick W Irwin: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 15141 - Rougham Control Tower Museum

Object number: UPL 15142 - Memorial at the Rougham Control Tower Museum