Alfred M Oppenheim

Military

Entered service at Newark, NJ 1943. Joined 392nd BG July-August 1944. Rank at end of WW II was 2nd Lt. Rank at retirement from service was Lt. Col. Crashed at Winnen in B-24 'Pleasure Bent' #42-50358 on 9/11/44, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-50358

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth Germany 11 September 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Al…

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Added " / " to the "Role/job" field.

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database