Edwin J Block

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Ammendorf on 9/13/44 in B-17 Duration Plus #4231726. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Duration Plus
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 13 September 1944 - 8 June 1945 SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY SEPTEMBER 13, 1944 AND IMPRISONED IN GERMANY STALAG LUFT 4 GROSS-TYCHOW, POMERANIA, PRUSSIA (MOVED TO WOBBELIN BEI LUDWIGSLUST (TO USEDOM BEI SAVENMUNDE) 54-16. WAS INVOLVED IN THE DEATH MARCHES AND AFTERWARDS HAD TO WALK ACROSS GERMANY TO FRANCE. LIBERATED JUNE 8, 1945. AIR FORCE DIVISION 369. RADIO OPERATOR IN A FORTRESS AIRCRAFT.

Died

18 January 1979

Born

Blawnox, Pennsylvania, USA

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Son. I have a picture from his training manual to post. Final Approach Sioux City Iowa if you it.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8829 / MACR 8829, NARA, First Over Germany pg. 279 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…