Marvin F Knight

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Object Number - UPL 24258 - Marvin Franklin Knight

Crashed at Apelern on 3 Mar 45 in B-17 #4338297. Prisoner of War (POW) until the end of the war

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38297

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Port Arthur, TX, USA 12 September 1921

Enlisted

Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX, USA 25 January 1941

Died

Portland, OR, USA 10 January 1996

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 3 March 1945

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Marvin Franklin Knight

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Marvin Franklin Knight, 493rd Bomb Group, 860th Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998/MACR 12887, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / MACR 12887 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Marvin F Knight: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 24258 - Marvin Franklin Knight

Object number: UPL 24260 - Charles White Crew Marvin Knight - front right