Lester N Holmgren

Military
media-39627.jpeg UPL 39627 Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany)
8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton

MACR 11343 (05/12/44)
#43-38644 “Green Weenie”
B-17G-90-BO
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Missing Air Crew Reports

MACR 11343
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Object Number - UPL 39627 - Mission: 738 (Berlin, Germany) 8th AF, 96th BG (H), 339th BS, 3rd Div, 45th CBW - #138 - Snetterton MACR 11343 (05/12/44) #43-38644 “Green...

POW crashed near Parchim on 5 Dec 44 in B-17 'Green Weenie' #4338644

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Green Weenie
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 5 December 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11343 / MACR 11343; Snetterton Falcons, pg 201, 218 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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