Dallas E Farris

Military

Shot down by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G 42-39988 'Iron Ass' was believed to have crashed NE of Helmstedt, Germany after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

An airman of the 96th Bomb Group stands with a giant flak hole on the tail of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 4?-??988).
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Places

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

Events

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Prisoner of War

8 March 1944 - 12 July 1945

Born

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3430 / MACR 3430, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Snetterton Falcons, pg 118 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database