Audrey Lee Berry Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bochum, Germany in B-17 42-5801 12-Aug-43; A/C belly landed. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 656
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16052088 / O-792103
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Happy
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Virginia, USA | 6 April 1919 | Son of Audrey L Snr and Dora L Berry. |
Enlisted |
Richmond, VA | 30 December 1941 | |
Other Belly Landing POW |
20 miles south of Rotterdam | 12 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Bochum, Germany in B-17 42-5801 12-Aug-43; A/C belly landed. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 656 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems-Gneixendorf, Austria | 12 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Died |
Orange County, VA | 22 January 1996 | |
Buried |
Emmanuel Cemetery Orange County, VA | 26 January 1996 | Emmanuel Cemetery Orange County, VA |
Based |
Podington | 12 August 1943 | Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorEmily
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Sources
Data Update, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, 15 September 2014
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 656 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database