Fernando A Montez
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5112 - Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
Collided with another aircraft 8 May 1944 in B-17 #42-97239. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11069121
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-811405
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-818923
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 8 May 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 16 February 1943 | |
|
Other Transferred |
14 February 1944 | Transferred from the 384th Bomb Group to the 306th Bomb Group on Station 106 Special Order #70, 14 April 1944. | |
|
Born |
Colusa, California, USA | ||
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 May 1944 |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
384thbombgroup.com
American Air Museum
NARA Enlisted Data Base
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4555 / MACR 4555, First Over Germany pg. 244, NARA / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database