John S Snyder

Military

381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF.

B-17G #42-39797 'Nancy M' salvaged probably due to battle damage on 13 Feb 1944. RTD.



Shot down by fighters and crashed W of Eusweiler/Elsdorf after the crew bailed out on a mission to the ball bearing works at Erkner-Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31448 'Half Breed'. Prisoner of War (POW).

Original BTG on the Saur crew. That crew was shot down 11 January 1944 without Sgt Snyder or the original bombardier, 2Lt E. Rudnicki.

Maywood, IL



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

John P Brogden

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13003529
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Frank Capobianco

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751095
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert E Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33256915
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer

James Preston Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18098510
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Bernard M Keene

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12031027
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-31448

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Half Breed
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

42-39797

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

2 December 1943 - 6 March 1944

Other

Prisoner of War

Germany 6 March 1944

Born

Maywood, Illinois, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3001 / MACR 3001, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database