Herbert L Oas Jr

Military

Crashed near Merseburg on 11/2/44 in B-17 'Wolfpack' #43-38159, Prisoner of War (POW).

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38159

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wolf Pack
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 2 November 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Revisions

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Added a POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a connection to A/C #43-38159 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10159, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=334