Norman S La Barbera

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down near Soest on 26-Sep-44 in B-24 #44-10500

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-10500

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War

26 September 1944

Born

Oakland, California

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized all the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

 

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ContributorLucy May
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http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=84869

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ContributorLucy May
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / WWW.491st.org roster

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9426