John A Bartlett Jr

Military

Shot down 28 July 1943 in B-17 #42-29777 'Peck's Bad Boys', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-29777

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Peck's Bad Boys
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 28 July 1943 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

Died

13 February 1974

Born

Oak Park, Illinois

Revisions

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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a connection to A/C #42-29777 listed in the "Summary biography".

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

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 125, First Over Germany pg. 145-46