John E Webb
MilitaryShot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97078, Prisoner of War (POW). Flew on Henry's Crew.
POW
Connections
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Units served with
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pride of the Yankees
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 550th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 486th Bomb Group 833rd Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![A bomber crew of the 381st Bomb Group return to base after a mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-31761) nicknamed "Rotherhithe's Revenge". Image stamped on reverse: 'Sunday Pictorial for Censor.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 10 Mar 1944.' [stamp] and '310673.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'BACK FROM BERLIN. Scenes this week at a Bomber station of the U.S. Air Force , somewhere in England. The crew of the Flying Fortress "Rotherhithe's Revenge", a British subscribed ship](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380068.jpg.webp?itok=3h76SN3N)
- Date: 8 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 3 March 1944
- Date: 29 February 1944
- Date: 21 February 1944
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 April 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
• Edward Air Force Base-MACR (Missing Air Crew Report) #4457
• NARA-National Archives Center-St. Louis Missouri
• Bill Varnedoe-385th B.G. archives [email protected]
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4457 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database