Joseph T Gerhardt

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G 42-31702 while serving as Navigator. Aircraft received a direct hit by flak and crashed at Burgwerben, Germany.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31702

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 16 August 1944 - 8 June 1945 Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria. Officially Retrurned to Military Control (RMC) 8-Jun-45.

Born

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2014. Added SN per MACR 7902; made decoration association within existing data; added POW camp location and map association per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; descrpition based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7902 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database