Charles W Barnthson
Military
Object Number - UPL 22540 - San Antonio Rose crew photographed during training in United States before unidentified aircraft. Standing L to R: Morris R. Marks (pilot), Frank...
Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, which was obscured by clouds, on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-3462 'San Antonio Rose' and crashed near Utrecht, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: San Antonio Rose
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Troy, Kansas, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 21 February 1944 |
Revisions
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=SB209&… National Archives
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2424 / MACR 2424, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
