Frederick S Bumpers

Military

Object 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).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31397

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 353rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • 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

Date1 Aug 2020 18:33:50
Contributorjmoore43
Sources

Added a connection to Stalag Luft lV per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date19 Mar 2020 22:18:40
Contributorjmoore43
Sources

Added a connection to A/C #42-31397 listed in the MACR 2722.

Date19 Mar 2020 22:17:37
Contributorjmoore43
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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.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:10:28
ContributorAAM
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

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Object number: UPL 28412 - MACR 2722, Page 15