UPL 72947

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This is my Grandfather, Robert E Broach’s journal from WWII. Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30081 'USS Aliquippa', Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III

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Units

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

German soldiers with a captured B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 230081) nicknamed "USS Aliquippa" of the 92nd Bomb Group that crashed in Holland. 12 August 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '92BG with German guards in Holland- 409 BS.' Handwritten caption on revserse: '12/8/43 B-17 PY-O 230081. SD Holland 1943, 92BG.'

42-30081

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron

Locations

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

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Grandson. Peter David Broach