Alan H Newcomb

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media-23348.png UPL 23348 1st Lt. Alan H. Newcomb, 612th Bombardment Squadron, 401st Bombardment Group (Heavy).

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Object Number - UPL 23348 - 1st Lt. Alan H. Newcomb, 612th Bombardment Squadron, 401st Bombardment Group (Heavy).

Prisoner of War (POW). Crashed near Burgsteinfurt on 30 September 1944, in B-17 'Packawalup II. ' T/O from Deenethorpe, target Munster;. Hit by flak setting no. 1 engine on fire. Last seen at 1400hrs near Dutch-German border escorted by five P-51s. Crew of nine, all Prisoner of War.

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pakawalup II
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Angels Out Of Chute 13, Grossly Inadequate
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Maximum Effort
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 30 September 1944
  • Date: 28 September 1944
  • Date: 17 September 1944

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

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Born

Cleveland, OH, USA 28 February 1921

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 30 September 1944 - 8 May 1945 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Died

Chicago, IL, USA 21 October 1966

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Updated the POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 9416;
- href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1742">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1742>; Losses of the 8thAF, vol.4

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Duplicate entry - Connections missing...

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Corrections

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Connected Alan H. Newcomb (same person).

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Corrected awards

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Corrected connection

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Added connection

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MACR 9415; Ancestry.com; Fold3.com

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MACR 9416 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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