Morton C Warnow

Military
media-14558.png UPL 14558 Morton C. Warnow

Image courtesy of Zachariah Fike at http://purpleheartsreunited.org

Object Number - UPL 14558 - Morton C. Warnow

Shot down 20 July 1944 in B-17 42-102917. Prisoner of War (POW).



SGT Morton Warnow’s Purple Heart was lost, and found by strangers. A misspelling (“Warwow” instead of “Warnow”) caused the original engraver, PVT Nathan Beckman, to bring the medal home with him, and his daughter found it after he had passed away. Purple Hearts Reunited was contacted and was able to locate the daughter of SGT Warnow, Dr. Kimmen Sjölander, and return the medal to her at the beginning of January 2015.

See more at : http://purpleheartsreunited.org/heart/sgt-morton-c-warnow/

and

http://purpleheartsreunited.org/files/2015/01/SGTMortonWarnow_LaMorinda…



Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-102917

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, NY, USA 10 April 1925

Other

POW

20 July 1944 See more at : http://purpleheartsreunited.org/files/2015/01/SGTMortonWarnow_LaMorindaWeekly2-12-2014.pdf

Died

3 March 2006

Buried

State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown, CT 06457, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorKimmen Sjolander
Changes
Sources

Bureau of War Records.

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged information from duplicate record and amended incorrect details from MACR 7546 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database (Incorrect birthplace and Not KIA).

Biographical and image details added courtesy of Zachariah Fike at http://purpleheartsreunited.org and http://www.findagrave.com

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7546, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1590

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