James L Laing

Military

Crashed near Hebouville on 28 Apr 44 in P-51 #42-103290, Prisoner of War (POW).

Connections

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-103290

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 28 April 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Other

Promoted

Revisions

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Removed dup POW event.

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Removed dup info in the "Role/job" field.

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Added S/N & 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).

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&cat=GP24&…

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list