Irving R Pliskin

Military

Shot down on 1st mission October 1944. Shot down on 23rd mission 10 January 1945 in B-17 #42-97858 'Lady Fortune'. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft I, Barth, Ger.



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97858

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lady Fortune : Carmen's Folly
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Schenectedy, New York 1 July 1924

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 10 January 1945 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added an association to A/C #42-97858  listed in the "Summary biography".

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

Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, MACR 11743