John B Lindsay

Military
media-20979.jpeg UPL 20979

John and Dorothy Lindsay are my grandparents

Object Number - UPL 20979

Shot down at Bavendorf on 6/18/44 in B-17 #42-102391 Prisoner of War (POW)



POW Aug 1944

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-102391

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 601st Bomb Squadron

42-97368

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tailwind
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 398th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron 601st Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Delmont, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 18 June 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA). Added a connection to the pow camp “Stalag Luft III”.

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I am his grandson

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5998 / MACR 5998; 398th History, Vol II / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

John B Lindsay: Gallery (4 items)

Object number: UPL 20976 - Back Row (viewer's left to right): 2nd Lt. Willard...

Object number: UPL 20977 - This was the group's first plane, later...

Object number: UPL 21023 - Staff Sgt. John B. Lindsay (AKA "Jack")