Abraham L Burden
MilitaryShot down 23 November 1942 in B-17 41-24478 while serving as Bombardier. Prisoner of War (POW).
AM POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 23 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 23 November 1942 - 21 July 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 21-Jul-45. |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag Luft III per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Lee Cunningham 2-Dec-2014. Edited POW dates per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Lee Cunningham 7-Nov-2014. MACR 15392; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW Database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 15392 , Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. One by Bishop and Hey, p. 48, First Over Germany pg. 51 & 67,