Samuel Lum
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Wesermunde on 8/4/44 in B-17 #43-37929
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Nathan Adler
Military
Shot down by flak and crashed at Wesermunde on 8/4/44 in B-17 #43-37979, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Service
People
Units served with
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486th Bomb Group
Group
The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or... -
835th Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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43-37929
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 6/6/44; Kearney 18/6/44; Grenier 1/7/44; Assigned 835BS/486BG [H8-F] Sudbury 2/7/44; {3m} Missing in Action Hamburg 4/8/44 with Nathan Adler, Co-pilot: John Williams, Navigator: Sam Lum, Bombardier: Joe Richter, Flight engineer/top...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Red Jacket, West Virginia, USA | |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 4 August 1944 |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 21 June 2021 15:34:47 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:20:27 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7712 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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