Porfirio D Garcia

Military

Shot down on 6 September 1943 in B-17F 42-30007. Plane ditched in Channel. Returned to Base.



Shot down on 5-November-1943 in B17G 42-39831 while serving as Radio Operator. Aircraft shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Vierlingsbeek, Holland. He baled out and was captured.





POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30007

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group

42-39831

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 5 November 1943 Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 21-Jul-45.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 27-Nov-2014. Added 42-39831 to description. MACR 1383.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
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Lee Cunningham 4-Nov-2014. Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 16448; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.

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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 1383 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor; MACR 1383, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 268