George F Shearer Jr

Military
media-55464.jpeg UPL 55464 This is where the crew was imprisoned right after taken in as pow. They stayed over night. (Nienborg, Achter de Stadt), old fire station with two small prison cells in it

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Object Number - UPL 55464 - This is where the crew was imprisoned right after taken in as pow. They stayed over night. (Nienborg, Achter de Stadt), old fire station with two...

Prisoner of War - crashed at Nienborg on 17 Jan 45 in B-17 'Buckeye Baby' 42-31384.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31384

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Buckeye Babe
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of war

17 January 1945 Crash site known.

Born

Paducah, Kentucky

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Exact crash side is known

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12000

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Object number: UPL 55464 - This is where the crew was imprisoned right after...