Marvin L Bartlett

Military

Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17F 42-30813 'Queen Jeannie' while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. Baled out of stricken aircraft before it crashed near Dorne, Belgium and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

The wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30813) of the 423rd Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group.

42-30813

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen Jeannie
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Missions

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)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 14 October 1943 - 12 July 1945 Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf (near Krems), Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 12-Jul-45.

Born

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a connection to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 11-Feb-2015. Confirmed crew position and SN per MACR 820; added POE event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA )WWII database; Added crew position and details to Biography per 'Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 820 / MACR 820, First Over Germany pg. 171 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database