James W Alexander

Military

Shot down by flak enroute to Evereux a/f, FR on 6 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31145, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31145

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old man
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 6 February 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 2353 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database