Raymond William Eldridge

Military

Shot down by fighters on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-37819 crashed NE of Brunswick, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37819

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Newton Falls, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Bad Sulza, Germany 8 March 1944 Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?f=645&mtch=1&q…

 

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Added middle name & S/N per MACR 3087 at fold3.com.

https://www.fold3.com/image/37107722/37107720

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3087 / MACR 3087, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database