Garland A Montague

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media-37317.jpeg UPL 37317 Squadron Diaries 12 Sep 44

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

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Brodowin on 9/12/44 in B-17 Methuselah #42102969. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12.



POW

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-102969

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

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 12 September 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition   MACR 8836, First Over Germany pg. 276, Combat Crews pg. 109, / 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

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Object number: UPL 37317 - Squadron Diaries 12 Sep 44