Gerald Edward Whitman

Military

Shot down 30 November 1944 in B-17 42-107026 'Hamtramack Mama' near Leipzig.

Prisoner of War (POW) until end of war.



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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-107026

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st 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

Revisions

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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include information from :
the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Wnames.html

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11150