Jerome A Evenson

Military

Reported to the ETO on 08 Aug 1943. Attacked by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-39965 crashed NE of Wolfsburg, GR after some of the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf, near Krems Austria 48-15.



Flew on Gerald R. Haywood crew. During this mission, #3 engine and nose was on fire. Dropped out of formation and was attacked again by two more enemy fighters. 4 survivors and 6 Killed in Action (KIA).



Earlier flew on B-17#42-30065 that crash landed returning from raid on Stuttgart on 6 Sept 43. It ran out of fuel. Many of the other B-17's were low on fuel that day. 23 September 1943 returning from mission to Nantes, France, crashed in B17 #42-3449 while attempting to land at RAF Wing. All crew returned, but 3 seriously injured.



POW, AM 4OLC, DFC,

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

People

Kenneth Dwight Peterson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885215
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30065

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron 306th Bomb Group
Ground personnel attend the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 306th Bomb Group that has crashed into a wood. Handwritten on reverse: '25/4/25.'

42-3449

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

42-39965

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

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Near Krems Austria 29 March 1944 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Born

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added an association to the A/C #42-30065 listed in the "Summary biography".

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ContributorLucy May
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Corrected serial number from 42-3349 to 42-3449.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3482 / MACR 3482, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 276, 290 with pix of plane, First Over Germany pg. 228-9, NARA, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…