Edward Owen Jones

Military

Edward Jones was Bombardier on B-17 42-3453, downed by enemy fighters on return of the 14 October 1943 mission to Schweinfurt, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW)

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Robert Emmett O'Hearn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-671089
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Frank Putman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37382005
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Eugene F Sebeck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13089484
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Aircrew Engineer-Top Turret Gunner

Charles Raymond Sibert

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17128745
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

16 January 1920 Illinois

Enlisted

26 January 1942 Chicago, Illinois

Other

captured

14 October 1943 after bailing out of 42-3453 over Schweinfurt, Germany

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

14 October 1943 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Germany, where liberated by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records: "Returned to Military Control 17 May 1945."
Chicago, Illinois

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
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MACR 831
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date
ContributorLucy May
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 831 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=80237

Date
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Snetterton Falcons pg 61 & 76