Donald G Demmert

Military

Object Number - UPL 32820 - 1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room...

Shot down by flak and crashed at Hussenhofen on 7/21/44 in B-17 #43-37573, Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-37573

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 21 July 1944 POW camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

Date31 Dec 2020 22:44:25
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to service number, events and place associations
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 Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date31 Dec 2020 22:26:23
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:32
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7412 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 32820 - 1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44...