Daniel J Norton Jr

Military

Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #42-31125, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Belles
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Austria 31 December 1943 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 1769 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database