Lester E Knudson

Military

Shot 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

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.

385th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30717

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Man O War
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

42-3308

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • 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

Date
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to service number and place associations
Sources

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=83511

Date
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

Date
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