Raynold G Engstrand

Military

Shot down over Dresden by flak on Ash Wednesday, 14 February 1945 at 2:50pm. Was captured about an hour later and taken Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-39147

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Minneapolis, Minnesota 30 September 1924

Other

Prisoner of war

14 February 1945

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self; Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000  MACR 12338; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 337