Irving Baum

Military

After being attacked by fighters on a mission to Oberpfaffenhoven,GR on 16 Mar 1944, B-17F #42-31022 crashed near Vitry-le-Francois, Marne, FR after the crew bailed out. Prisoner of War (POW). Dulag Luft. Stalag Luft 3

Retired Lt Col USAF

POW/ Air Medal/ Purple Heart/ Military Merit (2 Oak Leaf Clusters)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31022

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Monticello, New York, USA 10 September 1923

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Moosburg, Germany 16 March 1944 - 29 April 1945 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

Died

Napa, Napa County, California, USA 17 September 2015 (aged 92)

Buried

Dixon, Solano County, California, USA 21 September 2015 Sacramento Valley National Cemetery PLOT Section 5, Site 15

Revisions

Date28 Aug 2021 15:42:24
Contributorjmoore43
ChangesChanges to service number, highest rank and events
Sources

Updated Born event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 158409280.
Added Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 158409280.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158409280/irving-baum
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date31 Aug 2020 21:12:00
Contributorhooahman336
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

corrected spelling error and spacing of crammed words

Date13 Oct 2014 13:54:39
ContributorEmily
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; MACR 3225, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Self

Data Update, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, 15 September 2014

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:28
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3225 / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; MACR 3225, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; Oral History Interview / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database