Jack A Lade

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1st Letter home from Jack A.Lade UPL 66156 UPL 66156 1st letter home after shoot down and becoming a POW.

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Object Number - UPL 66156 - 1st letter home after shoot down and becoming a POW.

Shot down by flak at Hamburg on 6/20/44 in B-17 #42-31615, Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VII and Stalag III.

POW

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31615

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Snafusk Shamrock, Swedish Shamrock
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

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

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

20 November 1997

Born

East Pond, Georgia, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 20 June 1944

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Grandfather

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Daughter Cathy Crumley

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Family heirloom from

Daughter. 

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

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1993 457th BGA Roster MACR 6003 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6003 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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