Jack M Hamilton
MilitaryHe reported to the ETO on 01 Dec 1943. He flew on Alvin Schuering crew.
After fighter and flak attacks on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37953 made an emergency landing SW of Steinhuder Lake, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW, AM 3OLC,
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Middleville, Michigan, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 29 March 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3480 / MACR 3480, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, First Over Germany pg. 229, Combat Crews pg. 103 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database