Alexander M Haddon

Military

Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #4229970. Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag 17B.

POW/ PH/ AM

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Units served with

305th Bomb Group

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

364th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-29970

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	New Jersey	2 January 1920
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	28 July 1943

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

New Jersey

2 January 1920

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

28 July 1943

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:16

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 192 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 192