James R Dixon
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Prum on 10/17/44 in B-17 'BTO' #4337606
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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: Big Time Operator
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 750th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: UPL 60575
- Description: The Story of B.T.O. (Big Time Operator) ; The Journey Down by Marshall T. Windham, 750th BS, 457th BG
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bonneaw, South Carolina, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 17 October 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9634 / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000 / MACR 9634 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database