Jack Sherman

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Hollum on 9/12/44 in B-24 Dixie Flyer #4295247



POW

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-95247

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Dixie flyer
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Eureka, California, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

North Sea 12 September 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124/ MACR 8922 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8922 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database