Bernard Lester Farnum

Military

Shot down by flak and force-landed near Chaam, Holland on 20 July 1944 in B-17 #42-97564. Prisoner of War (POW)

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13081083 at enlistment, then O-814034
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-694318
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38372191
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39559984
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 418th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15335693
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Engineer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Belle of Berlin
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

4 January 1921 New York

Enlisted

3 June 1942 Buffalo, New York

Other

force-landed

20 July 1944 in B-17 42-97564 near Chaam, Holland

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

20 July 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there 29 April 1945 by US troops.
Angelica, Allegheny County, New York

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
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Sources

MACR 7414
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001 MACR 7414 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database