John W Affleck
MilitaryShot down 31 December 1944 in A/C #43-38408, Hamburg, Prisoner of War (POW). Name of Plane was 'Faithful Forever'.
It was not the New Year's Eve Party John had planned, instead it was hard brown bread and ersatz coffee and jam at a Luftwaffe base. After the usual interrogation at Frankfurt the POWs were crowded into box cars and dispatched to Stalag Luft near Wetzlar. As the Russians advanced they were moved to the huge holding camp at Moosburg where - on April 29th 1945 American tanks broke open the camp gates and the German guards ran to the nearby woods.
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
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Vienna, Virginia |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Thompson, MACR 11360, 100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001