John H Davis
MilitaryB-17 #42-5985 had mechanical failure and crashed near Hamburg on 6/20/44, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: Mr Smith
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Washington, District of Columbia, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 20 June 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
MACR 5899 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database