Johnnie Deerr Jr

Military

Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-31082, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31082

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hick's Hack
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 January 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one dup person can be deleted.

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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).

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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MACR 2512 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database