Sidney Mogol

Military

Shot down by coastal guns on a mission to Poix, FR on 13 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-39980 and crashed just off the French coast. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39980

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 13 March 1944

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added S/N per General orders, HQ 1st Bombardment Division, APO 634 2 Feb 1944 (IWM Document 30697).

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3240 / MACR 3240, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 301 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database