Berton E Swift Jr

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) shot down by flak and crashed near Genthim in B-17 42-102652 on 6/29/44



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

People

Wilfred Samuel Corey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Gunnery, Engineer, Top Turret Gunner

Dugald G Leitch

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Ralph Roman Simon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-748467
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102652

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 29 June 1944

Born

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Removed associations to images which do not depict this person.

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Unit History Roster, Enlisted Men, as of 01 August 1945;
- MACR 6729

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 6729 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database