George E Finfinger

Military
media-55519.jpeg 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 unknown: Lt. George E. FInfinger, Lt. Richard R. Bender, Lt. Eugene H. Rasmussen, Lt. Frank L. Stumpf, Sgt. John H. Thomas, Sgt. John J. Zebuski, Sgt. Harry Sarajian, Sgt. Harold F. Marok, Sgt. Edmund P. Walasinski, Sgt. Edwin J. Mulhall

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

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31167

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St Marys, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 10 February 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2535 / MACR 2535, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 55519 - Finfinger crew; 710th squadron, 447th bomb group...