Herman A Schafer Jr

Military

Prisoner of War (POW). Left Marrakech in B24 42-7640 ferrying to England. Flak knocked out 2 engines near Brest, France. Crashed.

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Samuel E. Fowlkes, Jr.

42-7640

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Prisoner of war

18 November 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1252, Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 376