August W Maurer Jr

Military

Crashed at Zehlendorf on 8/6/44 in B-17 Fortress Nine #42-97098, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97098

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fortress nine
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cottn Plant, Arkansas, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 August 1944

Revisions

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Copied the "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Added a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Removed the "Possible DUPLICATE" flag in the Nickname field and then removed the duplicate person.

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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MACR 7705 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database