Quentin W Burgett

Military

Shot down 20 December 1942 in B-17F 41-24489 'Terry and the Pirates' while serving as Pilot.

Connections

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Terry and the Pirates
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 20 December 1942 - 24 May 1945 Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 24-May-45.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources

Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2014. Added crew position to description per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; made connections of Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor,   Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.55, First Over Germany pg 56 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia