John Carpenter Dirickson

Military

Prisoner of War..

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31115

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hells Belles
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Osage Reservation, Oklahoma 22 December 1917

Other

Prisoner of war

10 February 1944

Died

4 October 1978

Revisions

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Sources

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&tf=F&q=jo…

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
MACR 2348;
Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces;
https://388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-DIR01-01&…

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html