Richard K McDonnell

Military

Prisoner of War. Crashed on 26-Nov-44 at Gahrden in B-24 'The Moose' 44-40205.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40205

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Moose
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 853rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of war

26 November 1944

Born

Maspeth, New York

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10765