Max H Bergen
MilitaryAfter fighter and flak attacks on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 29 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37953 made an emergency landing SW of Steinhuder Lake, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
shot 2 German fighters down on this final mission for the crew
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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: 306th Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Cameron, Wisconsin, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Near Krems Austria | 29 March 1944 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3480 / MACR 3480, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database