John W Claussen

Military

Crashed at Bitburg Eifel on 12/29/44 in B-17 #43-38169, Prisoner of War (POW).

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-107188

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ramp Rooster
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron 836th Bomb Squadron

43-38169

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweat Box

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan Poland 29 December 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to the 838 BS listed in the A/C description.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to A/C #43-38169 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Contributorjmoore43
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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.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 11374 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database