John V Boehm

Military

Damaged by fighters and flak enroute on a mission to Schweinfurt, GR and crashed on the return near Amiens, FR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-17F 42-3517 'Happy Warrior'. Prisoner of War (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

42-3517

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Happy Warrior
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 February 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Revisions

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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Corrected spelling of last name "Boehm" instead of "Boehn".
Added the words "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an admin can check out this person.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2773 / MACR 2773, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database