Harry George Feldkamp

Military

Harry Feldkamp was Tail gunner on board B-17#42-107007. Shot down by fighters on 29 July 1944. Ditched North of Ameland Island, West Friesland, The Netherlands. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Robert E. Marsho

Robert Erwin Marsho

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16056261 at enlistment, then O-757002
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John Richard Vuchetich

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36815360
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Harry Ernest Whitford

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11093258
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

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Born

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States 20 February 1925

Enlisted

17 April 1943 Cincinnati, Ohio

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Prisoner of War

29 July 1944 - 15 September 1944 captured on land after having been picked up by a German Marine boat after the ditching of B-17 #42-107007 off Ameland Island, West Friesland, The Netherlands. NARA WWII POW record : "Returned to Military Control 15 September 1944."

Died

5 November 1992
Cincinnati, Ohio

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WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

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POW, not KIA !...
MACR 7815
NARA WWII Enlistment records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7815 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database