Frank R Bisagna

Military

Navigator, Zeman crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30676 'Baby Dumpling'. Mission #57 to the airfield at Tours, France. Hit by an air to air rocket. MACR 1962. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I.
New Hamburg, NY

POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Francis Burette Cater

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34700544
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Raymond Francis Chevraux

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15377732
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

George M Day

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32489361
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Burton A Givan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39406766
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Herve Arthur Leroux

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11091380
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-30676

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Baby Dumpling, Danny Dumpling
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

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

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 5 January 1944 Stalag Luft I

Born

New Hamburg, New York, USA

Revisions

Date22 Jan 2018 21:58:28
ContributorARowe95
Sources

ARowe95

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:09
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1962 / MACR 1962, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database