Earl F Green
Military
Photograph
Object Number - UPL 40521 - Earl Green
12 missions-3 to Berlin during March 1944. Last mission 9 April 1944 to Posen, Poland in B-17 #4232070. Was hit by anti-aircraft fire. Left leg was broken in 2 places. Were shot down in Denmark. Taken to a hospital in Nakshov. Spent 4 months there in traction, then to 3 Prisoner of War (POW) camps in Germany, #6, #4, #1. Liberated by the Russians.
AM/ POW/ PH/ EAME/ ATO
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Died |
Syracuse, New York, USA | 18 February 2013 | |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 9 April 1944 |
Revisions
Edit 10 October 2018 by Thomas Green (eldest son) to location and date of death.
Edit 10 October 2018 by Thomas Green (eldest son) to highest rank achieved. Discharged from AAF as Technical Sergeant.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4363 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self; MACR 4364
