Orlo G Natvig

Military

Shot down 27 September 1943 in B-17 #42-3111 'Local Girl'. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3111

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Brass Rail, Local Girl
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lawler, Iowa, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 27 September 1943 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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Updated a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the spelling of his last name from WW2 POW records at the National Archives. Added S/N and POW camp info from WW2 POW records at the National Archives. Added a connection to the 8th AF.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 667 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database