Melford H Butts

Military

Made a forced landing due to engine problems on a mission to Genshagen, GR on 6 Mar 1944 in B-24H #42-7598 'The Flak Ducker'. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A crashed B-24H Liberator (serial number 42-9590) nicknamed "The Flak Ducker" of the 392nd Bomb Group near Overberg , 6 March 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'RNAF. 42-9590.'

42-7598

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: The Flak Ducker
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilsmo, England 30 November 1920

Died

24 March 1990

Buried

Hanover, Massachusetts

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 6 March 1944 Interned in POW Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

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Added date to the POW event per info in the "Summary biography".

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "Prisoner" was misspelled.

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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added an association to the A/C #42-7598 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / friend, MACR 3183, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces