Paul R Englert

Military
media-57831.jpeg UPL 57831 Paul Englert holding 418th BS crest

Object Number - UPL 57831 - Paul Englert holding 418th BS crest

B-17 #42-30402 'The Poontang' crashed near Strausburg. Mechanical failure. Prisoner of War (POW). 

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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Mugwump, Rum Boogie II
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron 418th Bomb Squadron 803rd Bomb Squadron
Woodward Crew - "Poontang"/"Escape Kit"
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Poontang
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron

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Prisoner of War (POW)

6 September 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 688 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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