Ronald F Cannon

Military

Made a forced landing due to poor weather SW of RAF Newmarket during a ferry flight on 4 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31187. RTD. Shot down by fighters just prior to the target Berlin and crshed S of Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31896 'Hell and High Water'. Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

401st Bomb Squadron

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

91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars

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

Aircraft

42-31187

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Buckeye Boomerang
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars 401st Bomb Squadron

42-31869

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Hell and High Water
Unit: 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars 401st Bomb Squadron

Places

Bassingbourn

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Rosevle, Ohio, USA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	6 March 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Rosevle, Ohio, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

6 March 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:28

ContributorAAM

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2899 / MACR 2899, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database