Frederick S Bumpers
MilitaryObject Number - UPL 28412 - MACR 2722, Page 15
Shot down by enemy aircraft in B-17 #42-31397 on 25 Feb 1944 on a mission to Regensburg, GR. A/C crashed S of Klagenfurt, Austria. Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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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: 301st Bomb Group 353rd Bomb Squadron
Places

- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 25 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Added a connection to Stalag Luft lV per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to A/C #42-31397 listed in the MACR 2722.
Added S/N and POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added info about the “Regensburg, GR mission” to the "Summary biography" - gleaned the info from the MACR 2722.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…