John L Hurd

Military

Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-39847 'Battlin' Betty'. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39847

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Battlin Betty
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW).

Austria 11 April 1944 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Born

Southgate, California

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Added a POW event. Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Flak Dodger by Roland Byers; MACR 4016,

http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3416