Erwin Frederick Muehlhans

Military
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Photo of Erwin F Muehlhans, uploaded by granddaughter Elizabeth Fisher

Object Number - UPL 42909

Shot down near Berlin, plane coasted toward Holland, crew parachuted out and were captured by Germans (Hitler Youth) marched up to Barth, Germany Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag 1 Plane was B-17 #4337855 'Peter Pain'



POW, Air Medal etc

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37855

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Boomerang's Big Friend
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 4 August 1924

Died

Brookfield, Wisconsin 20 February 2007

Other

Returned (RTD)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 18 March 1945

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Fields edited by granddaughter, Elizabeth Fisher (Hanson)

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13567 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / daughters/MACR 13567; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 339

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