Marvin Greenberg
MilitaryAssigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Ned Sweeney crew. 32 x combat missions. Shot down by fighters and crashed at Bad Bibra on 29-Jul-44 in B-17 43-37870 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7818
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH, 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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jamaica Mary
- Unit: 547th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 16 May 1917 | Son of Benjamin Bernard and Eva [Segal] Greenberg. |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI | 21 April 1943 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Other Baled out POW |
Bad Bibra, Germany | 29 July 1944 | Shot down by fighters and crashed at Bad Bibra on 29-Jul-44 in B-17 43-37870 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7818 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 29 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
15 September 1964 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Illinois | 24 April 2007 | |
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Buried |
27 April 2007 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia | |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 29 July 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
AAIR 44-07-22-524 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7818 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database