John William Haney

Military

Object Number - UPL 32820 - 1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room...

POW Shot down by flak and crashed at Heuach on 7/21/44 in B-17 #4297140 This was on mission to Regensburg, 9th mission. Was in Stalag Luft 1 at Barth. Liberated by Russian Army May, '45. Walked out of camp to English lines at Wismer,Ger.

POW/AEME ribbon w 1 battle star/Air Medal

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Attien, Ohio, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France 21 July 1944

Revisions

Date10 Sep 2015 13:31:06
Contributorram957
ChangesChanges to middlename and service number
Sources

MACR 7413

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:47
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7413 / MACR 7413; self; Snetterton Falcons, pg 169, 178 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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