Ovila Stanley Corbiere

Military

Shot down 26 November 1944 in B-17 #4337846 'Phony Express. ' Prisoner of War (POW). Liberated 29 April 1945 from Stalag VII, Moosburg.



AM w/3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-37846

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Phony Express
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Burlington, Vermont 12 April 1921

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, MACR 11144