Harry V Hosso
Military
(Back-left-to-right) 2Lt Finis A. Brumbeloe (P)(WIA/POW), 2Lt Donnell H. Marsh (CP)(POW), 2Lt James R. Groves (N)(WIA/POW), 2Lt Charles D. Garneau (B)(KIA), S/Sgt Peter J. Kiebish (E)(POW); (Front Left-to-right) Sgt Howard S. Payton (RWG)(KIA), Sgt William C. Steele (BTG)(KIA), S/Sgt Harry V. Hosso (LWG)(POW), Sgt William R. Perryman (TG)(POW)
303rd Bomb Group collection
http://www.303rdbg.com/news/2012-12-23.html (newsletter)
Object Number - UPL 49619 - FINIS A. BRUMBELOE CREW - 360th BS (crew assigned 360BS: 27 Oct 1943 - photo: Rapid City, SD 19 Aug 1943) (Back-left-to-right) 2Lt Finis A....
Damaged by flak and later attacked by ME109s on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31471 'Doolittle's Destroyers' crashed NW of Magdeburg after the crew bailed out. Prisoner of War (POW).
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
- Nicknames: Doolittle's Destroyers
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
8 March 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 | |
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Born |
Martins Ferry, Ohio |
Revisions
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added the words "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an admin can check out this person.
Added a connection to A/C #42-31471 listed in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2908, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
