Joda Dennis Evans Jr

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed at Mils Inntal on 7/19/44 in B-17 #42-97449, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97449

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweetheart
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of war

19 July 1944

Born

Kenova, West Virginia

Revisions

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1115;
- MACR 7261

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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1115

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7261, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…