Max John Quakenbush
Military
Rear L-R: F Navarra, Kenneth Hopkins, Harold Snater, Theodore Wright, George Schumacher, Harvey Prater.
Front L-R: Max Quakenbush, Roger Johnson, Daniel Bryant, Amerigo Bassi.
B-17F Jenny Lee would appear to be a training aircraft stateside.
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 56151 - Quakenbush crew. Rear L-R: F Navarra, Kenneth Hopkins, Harold Snater, Theodore Wright, George Schumacher, Harvey Prater. Front L-R: Max...
Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Landed long at Alconbury on an admin flight from Framlingham on 3-Mar-44 in B-17 42-37891. RTD.
B-17 42-30713 'Phyllis Marie' fell out of formation and was attacked by fighters and forced to make an emergency landing Sth of Cottbus, Germany on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2987
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32208859 / O-691685
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13143597
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16005990 / O-693682
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37498216
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Phyllis Marie
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Beloit, Kansas, USA | 16 September 1920 | Son of Harry O and Nelda [Brown] Quakenbush. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Riley, KS | 2 April 1942 | Fort Riley, Kansas |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 8 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Wakarusa, IN | 25 June 2007 | |
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Buried |
Rice Cemetery Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN | 28 June 2007 | Rice Cemetery Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana |
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Based |
8 March 1944 | Assigned to 568BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2987 / MACR 2987, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database