Virgil W Price
Military
From the original picture, annotated by my father.
Object Number - UPL 33918 - From the original picture, annotated on the back by my father
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Brockhoefe on 8/24/44 in B-17 'Down N' Go' #42-102394
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-817187
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Down N Go
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 24 August 1944 | |
|
Born |
Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
Revisions
Changed middle initial to 'W' as per the US National Archives' WWII POW record:
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…
From information from my father's records (Parker Finney) the middle initial was G.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8202 / MACR 8202,
href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2368">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2368> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
