Homer Hirst Mohr
MilitaryHomer Mohr was Navigator of B-17 #42-5232 'Available Jones' of the 305th Bomber Group / 364th Bomber Squadron. Shot down 4 April 1943 in France. Landing near Rouen, France, he was captured and became a Prisoner of War (POW). Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. Was force-marched at the end of January 1945 from there, arriving at Stalag 7A at Moosburg, Germany. That camp was liberated by troops of Gen. George Patton on 29 April 1945. Homer Mohr stayed in the Air Force and served in Korea and Viêt-Nam, ending his military career as a Lt. Colonel.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39303959
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18026632 and O-726136
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32310842
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12044600
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15071759
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Available Jones
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 April 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Massachusetts, United States | 23 April 1922 | the son of Homer and Hettie Mohr |
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Enlisted |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States | 22 January 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
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Other Prisoner of War |
21 April 1943 - 29 April 1945 | Initially evaded with the help of French patriots, was arrested around 21 April 1943 and sent to Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. Was force-marched at the end of January 1945 from there, arriving at Stalag 7A at Moosburg, Germany. That camp was liberated by troops of Gen. George Patton on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records "Returned to Military control 27 May 1945." | |
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Died |
Brockton, Massachusetts, United States | 5 November 2000 | |
| Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | |||
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Buried |
Dallas-Ft Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Texas, United States |
Revisions
Homer Hirst Mohr was my cousin. The family always referred to him as Teddy. I was told that he married the wife of a buddy who died during the war after he returned to the USA. I never met him since he lived most of his life after WWII in the American Southwest while most of the Mohr family lived on the East Coast.
Brought in source from duplicate record: Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15592, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p 99, NARA web site
MACR 15592 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database