Golden B Hill

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-33918.jpeg UPL 33918 From the original picture, annotated on the back by my father

From the original picture, annotated by my father.

Object Number - UPL 33918 - From the original picture, annotated on the back by my father

Killed in Action (KIA) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Brockhoefe in B-17 Down N' Go #42102394

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

Parker Ward Finney

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817187
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102394

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Down N Go
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

24 August 1944

Born

Berlin, New Hampshire, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 August 1944

Revisions

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Sources

Article about Golden Hill written by Merle Olmstead from my father's records.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8202 / MACR 8202, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2373 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 33918 - From the original picture, annotated on the back...