Joseph Pikor Jr
MilitaryShot down by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37819 crashed NE of Brunswick, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Donora, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 8 March 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a location for the POW event.
Added a connection to the A/C #42-37819 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the middle name field to the suffix field.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3087, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces