Jack Atherton

Military

Shot down by flak and crashed at Gruenewald on 6/21/44 in B-17 #42-31496 Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

Aircraft

Missions

384

  • Date: 2 June 1944
  • Official Description:

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 June 1944 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

Born

Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Revisions

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Contributoracbernstein1
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http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0003

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 6000 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database