Edwin F Pollock

Military
media-5492.jpeg UPL 5492 The Pollock Crew
Subsequenly flew #42-3488, shown here with a B-17F-BO.

Standing Left to Right:
T/Sgt. Herbert M Baber: Engineer/Gunner
Sgt. Howard G Hall: Asst. Engineer/Gunner
S/Sgt. Theodore R Schatz: Radio Operator/Gunner
Sgt. Wilfred M Husband: Asst. radio Operator/Gunner
Sgt. Francis M. Harwell: Waist Gunner
Sgt. Joseph La Via: Tail Gunner

Kneeling Left to Right:
2/Lt. Edwin F Pollock: Pilot
2/Lt. Milo A Raim: Co-Pilot
2/Lt. Maurice G Alexander: Navigator
2/Lt. Max Weinstein: Bombardier

Marchese; FLYING FORTRESS 1936 1945

Object Number - UPL 5492 - The Pollock Crew Subsequenly flew #42-3488, shown here with a B-17F-BO. Standing Left to Right: T/Sgt. Herbert M Baber: Engineer/Gunner Sgt....

Shot down 11 December 1943 in B-17 #423488. Prisoner of War (POW).

He was originally sheltered by members of the Dutch resistance - spending months in the house of Tiny Mulder. At the end of May 1944 they attempted an escape route via Antwerp but were betrayed by some locals and landed up at Stalag Luft 111 in Sagan.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Weidner’s Wildcat
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 December 1943

Born

Grove City, Pennsylvania, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorHelen
Changes
Sources

385th Newsletter April 1984

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1665 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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