Marvin H Hill

Military

Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #42-39826 'Stubborn Jean', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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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

42-39826

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stubborn Jean
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag XVII-B

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Near Krems Austria 30 December 1943 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Born

Laurel, Delaware

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1678, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=746