Verne McKimens Boon

Military

Assigned to 750BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Le Bourget in B-17 42-102464; Hit by flak lost two engines. 14-Jun-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5805





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

People

Charles Roscoe Blackwell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron 750th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17071717 / O-747374
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot ; Pilot

Aircraft

42-102464

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: What's Next?
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tillamook, OR 23 January 1918 Son of Albert and Gertrude [McKimens] Boon.

Enlisted

Vancouver Barracks, WA 29 April 1942 Vancouver Barracks, Washington

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 14 June 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Other

Baled out POW

Le Bourget, France 14 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Le Bourget in B-17 42-102464; Hit by flak lost two engines. 14-Jun-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5805

Died

Salem, OR 16 March 1999
Oakland, CA

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/637753328
https://www.fold3.com/record/84997135-verne-m-boon
https://www.fold3.com/record/73615972-verne-m-boon
https://www.fold3.com/record/527639844-verne-boon-1918

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA). Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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ContributorAAM
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1993 457th BGA Roster, MACR 5805,

href="www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Bnames.html">www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Bnames.html> / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5805 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database