Donald Biggs

Military

Shot down near Frankfurt, Germany, 17 August 1943 in B-17 42-5914 'Sack Time. ' Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 390th Bomb Group crashes near Dunkirk whilst flying with a mission with B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-5914), 15 August 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: '385BG.' Printed caption on reverse: '25620 USAF - Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" going down over area south of Dunkirk, occupied France. U.S. Air Force Photo.'

42-5914

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sack time, roger wilco
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Austria 17 August 1943 Interned in POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate record to include information from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 387B

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 387 B / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database