Nienborg

Aircraft crash site
media-55464.jpeg UPL 55464 This is where the crew was imprisoned right after taken in as pow. They stayed over night. (Nienborg, Achter de Stadt), old fire station with two small prison cells in it

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Object Number - UPL 55464 - This is where the crew was imprisoned right after taken in as pow. They stayed over night. (Nienborg, Achter de Stadt), old fire station with two...

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Detailed History

Site of the crash of B-17 42-31384 on 17 January 1945

People

George F Shearer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-31384

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Buckeye Babe
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron

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Information from Klaus Depenbrock. User https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/64336

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