Collins Bertram Morrison Jr

Military

Assigned to 728BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed at Rhade on 31-Dec-44 in B-17 42-31348 'Swing Shift Baby'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11230



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

People

Donald H Ferguson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-800860
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31348

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Swing Shift Baby II a.k.a. Tarry-A-Long
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 728th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress (EP-E, serial number 42-31767) nicknamed "Our Gal Sal" of the 100th Bomb Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Written on slide casing: 'Our Gal Sal EP-E, 231767 at Mount Farm.'

772

  • Date: 31 December 1944

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Montgomery, AL 7 September 1921 Son of Collins Bertram Sr and Merle Idonis [Dean] Morrison.

Enlisted

Fort McClellan, AL 30 December 1942 Fort McClellan, Alabama

Other

Shot down

27404 Rhade, Germany 31 December 1944 Crashed at Rhade on 31-Dec-44 in B-17 42-31348 'Swing Shift Baby'. POW. MACR 11230

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 31 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

27 August 2003
Montgomery, Alabama

Buried/ Commemorated

Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Lapine, Montgomery County, AL Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Lapine, Montgomery County, Alabama

Based

Deopham Green 31 December 1944 Assigned to 728BS, 452BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/605554691
https://www.fold3.com/record/88171907/collins-b-morrison-jr-wwii-army-e…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33575637/collins-bertram-morrison

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ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from duplicate record. Source:
MACR 11230 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

See also: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=morrison&GSfn=col…;

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-31348
https://www.fold3.com/image/30325459

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11230