Quentin Roosevelt Bass
MilitaryShot down 28 May 1944 in B-17 #4232089. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
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
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Little Rock, AR, USA | 15 August 1942 | Married |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 28 May 1944 - 19 July 1945 | |
|
Born |
Arkansas, USA |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Also, Presidential Unit Citation.
Additions to the website made by his son, Quentin R Bass II.
NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&cat=all&tf…
ww2pow.info record: http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=42879
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5257 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database