John G Leverton
MilitaryOn mission to Oschersleben on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29524 'Meathound', crew was ordered to bail out but pilot managed to fly damaged a/c back to England and landed at Metfield. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Meat Hound
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron 423rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 11 January 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Added an association to the 8th AF Mission #182 on 11 Jan 1944 per info in the "Summary biography".
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Chronology Supplement, 1942 - 1945, 8th AF Losses