96th Bomb Group
Group
The 96th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses to targets across occupied Europe from May 1943 to April 1945.
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Melvin P Simons
Military
Shot down by fighters on a mission to Regensburg on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-30123 'Big Dick'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Service
Units served with
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338th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-30123 'THE IRONBIRD' aka 'BIG DICK'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 15/4/43; Gore 21/4/43; Smoky Hill 26/4/43; Walla Walla 30/4/43; Smoky Hill 10/5/43; Dow Fd 27/5/43; Assigned 338BS/96BGB [BX-W] Andrews Fd 29/5/43 BIG DICK; transferred 388BG Snetterton 12/6/43; Missing in Action Regensburg 25/2/44...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | John Island, South Carolina, USA | |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 25 February 1944 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 September 2014 18:20:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2859 / MACR 2859, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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