Joseph T Gerhardt
MilitaryPrisoner 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
- 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
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 16 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other 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
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
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