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At age 20, flew 23 missions. Shot down 10 January 1945. Prisoner of War (POW). in B-17 'Lady Fortune' #42-97858. Plane blew up at 11,000 feet. Nobody bailed, but 3 of us survived. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag 3A for 4 1/2 months. Navigator E. Pliskin, Ball Turret Gunner R. Bright also survived.
Air Medal w/3 oak leaf clusters
Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 17/3/44; Kearney 2/4/44; Grenier 29/4/44; Assigned 100BG Thorpe Abbotts 30/4/44 LADY FORTUNE; transferred 412BS/95BG [QW-Y] 1/5/44; 82m, Missing in Action Cologne 10/1/45 with Roger Rand, Navigator: Irving Plinskin, Ball turret gunner:...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Born | Gays Mills, Wisconsin, USA | |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 10 January 1945 |
| Died | 6 August 2018 | |
| Buried | Fort Snelling National Cemetery |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 08 August 2018 14:37:03 | Emily | Changes to biography and events |
| Sources | ||
| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:24:22 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11743 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self/ MACR 11743 |
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