Seymour Falk

Military

Shot down by ME109s and crashed SW of Namur, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 2 March 1944 in B-17G #42-31467 'Sac Hound'. Prisoner of War (POW). Honorably discharged 3 November 1945.

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17072159 at enlistment, then O-685775
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13075926 at enlistment, then O-808000
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15340143
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35348050
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15063833
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sac Hound
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St Paul, Minnesota, USA 28 April 1922 the son of Isadore Falk

Enlisted

31 December 1941 as a Private in the Air Corps at Fort Snelling, Minnesota

Other

made prisoner

2 March 1944 after bailing out of B-17 42-31467, shot down over Belgium

Other

Prisoner of War

2 March 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow (Tychowo). NARA WWII POW record : "Returned to Military Control 26 July 1945."
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Died

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Buried

Sons of Jacob Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
MACR 2742
NARA WWII POW records

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ContributorJrickey
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Personal account

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 2742 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database