August Julius Fleischbein

Military
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Object Number - UPL 35350 - August Julius Fleischbein

Damaged by fighters on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-37950 'Dinah Might', the crew baled out and the pilot made an emergency landing near Polder, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

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

91st Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Dutch soldiers examine a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37950) nicknamed "Dinah-Mite" of the 452nd Bomb Group. Image stamped on reverse: 'FOTO: Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerpolders.' [stamp] (Dutch regional archive?) Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Dinah Mite 452 2/44 Holland.'

42-37950

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dinah Might
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

San Diego, California 3 February 1921

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 10 February 1944 - 10 February 1944

Died

5 October 1998

Buried

Revisions

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 2538, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces;
- MACR 941;
- His stepdaughter;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th BG Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 321;
- His Grandson

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ContributorMeatleg
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Picture of my grandfather

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ContributorMeatleg
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updating his middle name. I am his grandson.

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ContributorMeatleg
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Just correcting the spelling of his last name and adding his nickname. He was my grandfather.

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ContributorAAM
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MACR 2538 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 35350 - August Julius Fleischbein