Seymour Falk
MilitaryShot 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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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32223005 at enlistment, then O-687202
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15054437
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner/Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16077582 at enlistment, then O-746438
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12156493
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
St Paul, Minnesota, USA | 28 April 1922 | the son of Isadore Falk |
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Enlisted |
31 December 1941 | as a Private in the Air Corps at Fort Snelling, Minnesota | |
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Other made prisoner |
2 March 1944 | after bailing out of B-17 42-31467, shot down over Belgium | |
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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 | |||
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Died |
Saint Paul, Minnesota | ||
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Buried |
Sons of Jacob Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota |