Roy Hatcher
MilitaryDamaged by fighters on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17F #42-5950 'Peter's Pride' fell out of formation and crash-landed W of Cloppenburg, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-750827
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-808130
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18122271
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37302188
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2997 / MACR 2997, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database