Eugene W High
MilitaryShot down 4 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29846, Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag 17B, Krems, Austria. Marched westward from Krems.
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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-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Reading, Pennsylvania | 14 April 1919 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 4 October 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
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Added the date to the POW event per info in the "Summary biography".
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, MACR 780, href=www.303rdBG.com>www.303rdBG.com> roster