John Parnell Forciea
MilitaryPOW Shot down by flak and crashed at Heubach on 7/21/44 in B-17 #4297140
21 July 1944 was hit by Stuttgart flak before it could drop its load. But the crew bailed out before the plane crashed into a forest at Heubach, 10 Km east of Schw
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Station 138
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Columbus, Ohio, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 21 July 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7413 / MACR 7413; Snetterton Falcons, pg 150, 175, 178 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database