Seymour Falk
MilitaryShot down by ME109s and crashed SW of Namur, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 2 March 1944 in B-17G #42-31467 'Sac Hound'. Prisoner of War (POW). Honorably discharged 3 November 1945.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17072159 at enlistment, then O-685775
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13075926 at enlistment, then O-808000
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15340143
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35348050
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15063833
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sac Hound
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
St Paul, Minnesota, USA | 28 April 1922 | the son of Isadore Falk |
Enlisted |
31 December 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps at Fort Snelling, Minnesota | |
Other made prisoner |
2 March 1944 | after bailing out of B-17 42-31467, shot down over Belgium | |
Other Prisoner of War |
2 March 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow (Tychowo). NARA WWII POW record : "Returned to Military Control 26 July 1945." | |
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota | |||
Died |
Saint Paul, Minnesota | ||
Buried |
Sons of Jacob Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota |