Norman Hollander

Military

Norman Hollander Right Waist gunneron B-17 #42-39811, shot down on a night leaflet operation to France, 5-6 July 1944. He was credited with downing 1 JU-88 or Me-210 during the mission, before his Fortress crashed near Overschie, a suburb of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report – MACR 6988. Prisoner of War (POW).

 

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Carlisle Walker Limehouse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15325992 at enlistment, then O-709415
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

John Howard Mann

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817243
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John Henry McNamara

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37021184
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Ralph Mickeal Tyne

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36647108
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Decatur, Michigan 14 July 1922

Enlisted

9 June 1942 Detroit, Michigan

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Prisoner of War (POW)

6 July 1944 Captured in Kethel, near Rotterdam, The Netherlands on 6 July 1944. Interned at Stalag Luft, Braunau, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control '16 April 1946'.”...

Born

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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ContributorED-BB
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MACR 6988
German report KU-2407 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147886912 (NARA)
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6988 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 6988