Joe J Varhol
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW). Shot down 16 February 1943 in B-17F 41-24611 'Boomerang' while serving as Bombardier. Assigned target was St. Nazaire, France. Downed by fighters about 17 miles east of Vannes, France.
POW
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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
- Nicknames: Boomerang
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 16 February 1943 - 12 July 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 12-Jul-45 |
Born |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2015 . Added SN per MACR 16236; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission and added decoration within existing website data; Added crew position and minor edits to Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16236 / MACR 16236 Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Heys p. 78 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database