Lester E Knudson
MilitaryShot down 4 October 1943 in B-17 #423308. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
Collided with another aircraft 13 November 1943 in B-17 #4230717 'Man O' War. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
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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
Places

- Site type: Airfield

- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 13 November 1943 | |
Born |
Revisions
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to service number and place associations
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to role, biography, events and place associations
Sources
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1402 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor; MACR 1402