Floyd B Ammerman
MilitaryOn 26-Feb-43 while serving as the Tail Gunner in B-17F 41-24623, 305BG/365BS the aircraft sustained damage from AA fire over the target at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. He was able to bail out and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW). The aircraft was then attacked by German fighters and crashed into tha Jadebusen (Jade Bight) just east of Wilhlemshaven, Germany. Floyd's death was reported in the June 1984 edition of 'Can Do'.
POW
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Born Wisconsin, Cook County, Illinois | 2 April 1905 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 26 February 1943 - 17 July 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Genikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 17-Jul-45 |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 20-Jun-2015. Added service number and POW event per MACR 16054; Added decorations per existing website data Added loss details to Summary Biography and location to POW event per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE and National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added Place, Aircraft and Mission connections within existing website data; Added POW date, A/C model number ,unit associations and crew position to Summary Biography.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 16054, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 81, The Brotherhood of Heroes by Thom p. 65, NARA enlistment and POW records