Maurice Jackson Hoover Jr
MilitaryCrashed at Vechtel on 9/11/44 in B-24 'Return Engagement' #42-100336. Plane was shot down during a bombardment mission to Madgeburg, Germany on 9/11/44. Held as a Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft III, Prisoner #5544. Liberated by Soviet troops on January 27, 1945.
POW, PH
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Return Engagement
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 7 June 1923 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 11 September 1944 - 27 January 1945 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
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Died |
25 June 1999 |
Revisions
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to A/C #42-100336 listed in the "Summary biography".
Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the middle name field to the suffix field.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
My siblings and I have my Dad's purple heart he received in World War II for being shot, captured and sent to prison camp at Stalag Left 1 for a year and a half.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8839