Edwin K Kirschner
Military
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UPL 28376
Lt Robert F Starks crew in front of "Stark's Ark" 42-37806, the crew went down with 42-31935 on 6 march 44 mission to Berlin, 3 x KIA included pilot and 6 x OW, MACR 2989.
Attacked by fighters and crashed SW of Cloppenburg, GR on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31935 'Stark's Ark'. Prisoner of War (POW). In Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Ger.
POW
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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
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
6 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2989, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / MACR 3989 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database