Morris F Jenkins
Military
Photo courtesy of Pima Air Museum, Tuscon, AZ.
Photo courtesy of Pima Air Museum, Tuscon, AZ.
Object Number - UPL 24256 - Crew of the "Free Delivery" just before being deployed to Framlingham, England. Free Delivery was hit by flak on Dec. 31, 1944 while on a mission to...
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near the Elbe River outside of Hamburg during Group Mission #235 (bombing of Hamburg oil refinery) on 31 Dec 1944 in B-17 'Free Delivery' #4338632.
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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
- Nicknames: Free Delivery
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
Places
![A bomber crew of the 390th Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress ( serial number 42-31027) nicknamed "Honey Chile" and their dog and monkey mascots "Scrappy" and "Joe". Image stamped on reverse: ‘Fox.’ [stamp], ‘passed for publication 25 Oct 1943.’ [stamp] and ‘289774.’ [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: ‘AERIAL MASCOTS OF FORTRESS CREWS. PH/MoN. As frisky and friendly a pair of aerial mascots as you'll find in Britain are "Scrappy" and "Joe", pup and monkey team belonging to the](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380433.jpg.webp?itok=L7HbOA_i)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 31 December 1944 - 30 April 1945 | First held in POW camp Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria then moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser Stalag XIIID and eventually Moosburg Stalag VIIA. Was liberated by 14th Armored Division on April 30, 1945 during their attack on Moosburg. |
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Born |
Austell, Georgia, USA |
Revisions
Updated with POW camp information and correction of crash location of Free Delivery.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11245 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
