John J Farley Jr

Military
media-33372.png UPL 33372 John J. Farley

John J. Farley

Object Number - UPL 33372 - John J. Farley

Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30724. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Devastating Dottie
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 5 January 1944 - 1 June 1945 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Born

Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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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.
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorKirwin
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John J. Farley

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 1685 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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