Oscar R McMahan

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Heinerdingen on 9/10/44 in B-17 Rocky Lois #446310. He flew 38 missions in total.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-6310

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rocky Lois
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 10 September 1944

Born

Plainfield, New Jersey, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8606, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3127

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

MACR 8608 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 8608 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database