Edwin D Frost Jr
MilitaryMay - October 1943. Navigator, Cormany crew. 381st G, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag VIIA. The 381st BG was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for this mission.
Summit, NJ
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32396884
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13111991
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17071474
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672523
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner; Co-Pilot
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Prisoner of War |
Germany | 8 October 1943 | Stalag Luft III Stalag VIIA |
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Summit, New Jersey |
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Contributorcfinney
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Name appears in Parker Finney's POW Diary 1944 - 1945 Stalag III Sagan Germany and Stamlager VIIA Moosberg Germany
ContributorAAM
Changes
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Assoiciation, March 1999; MACR 885 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia