Harry Bost Morse Jr

Military

Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30790 'Cue Ball', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30790

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cue Ball
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 9 October 1943 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

Revisions

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Updated middle name per MACR 878 at fold3.com.

Source: https://www.fold3.com/image/28611518/28611527

 

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag 7A per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

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Merged "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person that was then deleted.
Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 878 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database