Arthur F Green

Military

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15171461 / O-815242
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379 BG. 25/6/44, 245. Alex B. Andrews, B/Gen USAF (ret.), Box 2627, Raleigh NC, USA.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen of Hearts Lil Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 28 September 1944

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Troy, NY 20 October 1942 Troy, New York

Other

Baled out POW

Niederdodeleben, Germany 28 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 28 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Born

Albany, New York Son of Arthur F Green. Albany, NY according to NoK info in MACR 9364

Based

Interned (INT)

Kimbolton 28 September 1944 Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Enlistment record shows Japanese extraction and born in Alaska in 1932 !! Making him 10 years old at enlistment !!

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9364 / MACR 9364;  379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 325 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database