Alfred R Capen
Military
Removed associations to 492nd Bomb Group & Component Squadrons as the Diary only covers 306th Bomb Group.
Associated missions, and people mentioned in document.
Object Number - UPL 37317 - Squadron Diaries 12 Sep 44
He flew on Harold Barrett crew. Reported to group on 11 Jun 1944.
Crashed at Brodowiin in B-17 Methuselah 42-102969 on 9/12/44. POW at Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11.
POW, AM
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-819257
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-406185
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38453191
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39287690
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33570667
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Methuselah
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 9C
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Detroit, Michigan, USA | ||
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bad Sulza, Thuringia, Germany | 12 September 1944 | Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11 |
Revisions
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 9C per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition MACR 8827, First Over Germany pg. 275, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8836 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…
