James J Crooke Jr
Military
Internet Photo - 303rd Bomb Group Face Book Page
Object Number - UPL 63782 - James J Crooke Jr
Shot down by fighters and crashed near Berlin on 9/12/44 in B-17 'Lonesome Polecat' #42-31177, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 12 September 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
MACR 8823 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
