James R Merson

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Meppen, GR on the return from a mission to Schweinfurt on 24 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-38074. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16.



POW

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Laurel, Maryland, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 February 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2770 / MACR 2770, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, First Over Germany pg. 220, NARA, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database