Bernard Lester Farnum
MilitaryShot down by flak and force-landed near Chaam, Holland on 20 July 1944 in B-17 #42-97564. Prisoner of War (POW)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13081083 at enlistment, then O-814034
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694318
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38372191
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39559984
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15335693
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Belle of Berlin
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
4 January 1921 | New York | |
Enlisted |
3 June 1942 | Buffalo, New York | |
Other force-landed |
20 July 1944 | in B-17 42-97564 near Chaam, Holland | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
20 July 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there 29 April 1945 by US troops. | |
Angelica, Allegheny County, New York |
Revisions
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Sources
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001 MACR 7414 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database