William C Caine

Military

Shot down and crashed near Cherbourg, FR on a mission to Frankfurt am Main on 8 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-39784 'Cabin in the Sky', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Floyd Henry Ohlson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20243890 at enlistment, then O-683297
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of an airplane. Four men standing to the rear and six men kneeling in front.

42-39784

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cabin In The Sky
  • Unit: Base Air Depot 1 303rd Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 February 1944

Revisions

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Added an Association to “Grafton Underwood”, the home base of the 384th BG.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2496 / MACR 2496, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database