Harold Thomas Holden

Military

Shot down on 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-29916 'Yankee Dandy ' during a mission to Kassel, and taken prisoner of war (POW) at Stalag Luft III.

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Units served with

323rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Robert L Bru

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-797257
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Stanley C Chmielweski

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Erwin Feld

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-738972
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Chester P Lawless

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14108013
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Frederick J Maynard

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-29916

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Yankee Dandy
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

A Dutch soldier surveys the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 381st Bomb Group that has crashed near Apeldoorn. First Handwritten caption on reverse: '381BG, 30/7/43 by Fighters.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-3100, 381 BG, 532 BS. 3 KM SE of Apeldoorn, 30-7-43 10:45 Hrs. RNAF'

VIII Bomber Command 80

Date: 30 July 1943

Places

Bassingbourn

Site type: Airfield

Stalag Luft III

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Enid, Oklahoma	16 February 1915
Other Draft Registration	Enid, Oklahoma	16 October 1940
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Zagan, Poland	30 July 1943	Stalag Luft III
Died
Buried	Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, Oklahoma

Revisions

Date23 Jan 2022 18:10:13

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date2 Jun 2021 10:41:47

ContributorEmily

Changes

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Draft Registration Card

Find a Grave

Missing Air Crew Report

Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:13

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 147 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database