DOCUMENT 56933
Documented events of the crash of B-24 41-29438 and the subsequent fate of the crew, and other airmen, who were held as Prisoners of War in the same Room in Stalag Luft I. (Barracks 7, Block 307, Room 9).
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37601362 / O-2060761
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 451st Bomb Group 726th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2060765
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 485th Bomb Group 828th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-702000
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Radar Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-719833
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 459th Bomb Group 756th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-705317
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Fearless Fosdick
- Unit: 459th Bomb Group 756th Bomb Squadron
Locations
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Sources
Information supplied by Richard L. Carroll's daughter, Jane Young, Roseville MN..