Milton A Fastrup

Military

B-17G #42-39797 'Nancy M' salvaged probably due to battle damage on 13 Feb 1944. RTD. Shot down by fighters and crashed W of Eusweiler/Elsdorf after the crew baled out on a mission to the ball bearing works at Erkner-Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31448 'Half Breed'. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

381st Bomb Group

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

532nd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31448

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Half Breed
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (LL-F, serial number 42-97467) of the 91st Bomb Group, (OJ-G, serial number 42-97212) of the 96th Bomb Group and (LD-D, serial number 42-39994) of the 100th Bomb Group in Sweden, 1944. Written on slide casing: 'Sweden, 297467 LL:F, 18/7/44, 297212 OJ:G, 11/4/44, 239994, LD:D 3/3/44.'

8th Air Force 250

Date: 6 March 1944

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		25 July 1997
Born	Los Angeles, California, USA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	6 March 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Died

25 July 1997

Born

Los Angeles, California, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

6 March 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:16

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 3001, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3001 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database