Louis Green
MilitaryAssigned to 348BS, 99BG, 15AF USAAF.. Failed to Return (FTR) Innsbruck in B-17 42-5832; no.3 engine on fire, run away prop, A/C exploded in mid air, crashed Innsbruck, Germany; MACR 1527 Prisoner of War (POW). Wounded in eye, repatriated from POW camp Jan-45.
Awards: AM (5OLC), PH, POW, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: War Bird II
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 344
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Lived in |
Chicago. Illinois | 1 January 1943 | Lived in Chicago. Illinois |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag XVIIb, Krems an der Donau | 19 December 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag XVIIb |