Charles R Herbison

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Charles R Herbison

Object Number - UPL 40060 - Charles R Herbison

Crashed at Merseburg on 11/8/44 in B-17 'Tag-a-Long' #42-31663, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2064522
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-711617
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-776525
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12207220 / O-827633
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16145385
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tag-a-long
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Rabbit
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Screwball Express
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stormy Weather (Ten-Tenths)
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Take Me Home
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 13D, Oflag 73

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Winner, South Dakota, USA 7 February 1925

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 9 November 1944 - 29 April 1945 Captured: Nov. 9, 1944 Nov. 14, 1944 Dulag-Luft (interrogation/transfer camp) Prisoner #4613/4 Nov. 19, 1944 Stalag Luft IV Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (dates unclear): Stalag Luft III Zagan/Sagan To: Stalag XIII-D Nuremberg To: Stalag VII-A - Moosberg April 29, 1945 LIBERATED from Stalag VII-A

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Aircraft: 43-38745 Crew Member listing for Mission 229 Flown on 11/1/1944
http://www.8thairforce.com/379th/search/crew_member_listing_for_mission…

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Charles R Herbison Military Personnel Records

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Charles R Herbison - Personal papers

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JMH proof-reading

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Charles R. Herbison - German Personell Card (Kriegsgefangenkartei)
Charles R. Herbison - Discharge papers

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Charles Herbison: Discharge Papers; Anecdotal
NARA - Record Group 389; World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…

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Personal Notes - Discharge Papers

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MACR 10354

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MACR 10354

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MACR 10354

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10354 / MACR 10354; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 329 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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