Harold C Samsel

Military

Crashed near Wiesbaden on 24 Dec 44 in B-17 'Gremlin' #43-38274, Prisoner of War (POW).

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.

390th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38274

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gallopin’ Gremlin
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Winchester, Idaho, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 24 December 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11117 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database