Kurt H Schwarzin
MilitaryLamborn Family Collection
The History of the 487th Bomb Group (H) by Ivo de Jong
Assigned to 836BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen 5-Nov-44 in B-17G 43-37858; flak, crashed Wittlich, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10324.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2061129
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19172944
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14170333 / T-127474
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39556835
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34403159 / O-824562
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 838th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Neuburg, OR | 15 April 1917 | Son of Frank Karl and Augusta Wilhelmina [Gehrke] Schwarzin. |
Enlisted |
Fort Lewis, WA | 19 December 1941 | Fort Lewis Washington |
Other Baled out POW |
Wittlich, Germany | 5 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshafen 5-Nov-44 in B-17G 43-37858; flak, crashed Wittlich, Germany. POW MACR 10324. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 5 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Died |
Portland, OR | 16 February 1998 | |
Buried |
Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, OR | 21 February 1998 | Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, OR |
Based |
Lavenham | 5 November 1944 | Assigned to 836BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Consolidated information from 2 entries.
https://www.fold3.com/image/29247273
https://www.fold3.com/record/85394528-kurt-h-schwarzin
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1163680/kurt-h-schwarzin
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit Roster