Clair Kreidler
MilitaryShot down by fighters on the return from a mission to Genshagen near Berlin and crashed near Oldenburg on 6 Mar 1944 in B-24H #42-64460 'Shack Rabbit'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit
- Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 | |
Born |
Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA |
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Sources
An Emotional Gauntlet, Stuart J Wright, Pen & Sword Books, © 2004
MACR 2972
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2372, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / MACR 2972 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database