Alva C Koon Jr

Military

Shot down by a flak hit to the fuel tank and crashed near Thurinwald, GR on a mission to Gotha/Eisenach, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24J #42-99978 'The Lady Barbara', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-99978

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 706th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Nelsonville, Ohio, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 February 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a connection to Stalag Luft IV per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date
Contributorjmoore43
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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 2953 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database