Prevost Marshall

Military

Arrived in England in July 1943. Shot down on 10th mission over Hamm (Ruhr) on 22 April 1922 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Harlan David Bunn

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38301982
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John Edmond Guy

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34601212
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Harvey G Hesse

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802566
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Francis Carrol Krahling

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13082080 at enlistment, then O-695722
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
King George VI meets the crew of a B-24 Liberator during his first official visit to the 93rd Bomb Group at Alconbury. 11 November 1942. In front from left to right: Colonel E.J. Timberlake; King George VI; Lieutenant L.F. Schmidt, from New Hampton, New York; Captain C.A. Culpepper, from Poplarville, Missouri; Captain C.D. Lee, from Spartansburg, South Carolina. In back from left to right: Sergeant Phillip Salamon, from Archibald, Pennsylvania; Sergeant Oda A. Smathers, from Ashville, North Carolina; Serg

Charles Dixon Lee

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-370171
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-40000

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Just Nothing / Quad Zero
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'

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  • Date: 22 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Anderson, South Carolina 20 June 1918

Enlisted

25 June 1941

Other

Prisoner of War

22 April 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945.”

Died

1 March 2010
Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina

Revisions

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Sources

Frank Scorsune was not on board 42-40000 when it was lost

Date
ContributorED-BB
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MACR 4259
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, MACR 4259