Ragnar Barhaug

Military

media-24085.jpeg UPL 24085 Lt. Mack and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group based In England. 22 July 1943.

Rear L-R: S/Sgt Andrew C Peterson [Ball], S/Sgt Joseph J Biernacki [Tail], T/Sgt Salvatore J Cicinelli [Radio], T/Sgt Daniel T Deitch [Eng/Top], S/Sgt Carl C Stewart [L Waist].

Front L-R: 2Lt Ragnar Barhaug [Co], 1Lt David W Mack [P], 2Lt Charles J Cox [Bomb], 2Lt Roland M Smith [Nav].

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A10445-61820AC.

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Object Number - UPL 24085 - Lt. Mack and crew of the 303rd Bomb Group based In England. 22 July 1943. Rear L-R: S/Sgt Andrew C Peterson [Ball], S/Sgt Joseph J Biernacki...

Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x missions (first on 1-May-43). Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 42-5382 'The Witch's Tit. ' Prisoner of War (POW).

Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

303rd Bomb Group

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

360th Bomb Squadron

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

Aircraft

42-5382

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Witche's Tit
Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Places

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Stalag Luft III

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Wyoming	31 July 1916
Other Shot down	Oldenburg, Germany	25 June 1943	Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 42-5382 'The Witch's Tit. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Żagań, Poland	25 June 1943	Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11
Died		3 December 1981
Based	Molesworth	25 June 1943	Assigned to 360BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.