John S Minerich Jr
MilitaryShot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30023 'Forever Yours'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Horny aka Forever Yours II
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
10 October 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Added an Association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
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Added information to the "Summary biography" copied from a crew member on A/C #42-30023.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives.
ContributorAAM
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MACR 1022 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database