J Z Rowe

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Gelsenkirchen on 8/26/44 in B-17 Skylark #4297204



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (SO-K, serial number 42-97204) of the 547th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Bob (R.L.) Coleman, Conn.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Skylark
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Misbehavin'
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Downey, California, USA

Other

P

15 August 1944

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 26 August 1944

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Sources

AAIR 44-08-15-532 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8466 / MACR 8466, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database