Frederick B Heckman Jr

Military

Four crewmen bailed out after B-17G #42-97524 developed mechanical problems and couldn't keep up on 8 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW)

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97524

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

42-97949

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Problem Child
  • Unit: 568th Bomb Squadron 390th Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 303rd Bomb Group

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)

Barth, Germany 8 March 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Added an association to A/C #42-97524 per the info in the A/C description section.

 

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Forgot to Add the association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&cat=GP24&…

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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1999 Unit Roster and MACR 3196, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia