Military
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102479, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Group
The 447th Bomb Group flew B-17 Flying Fortresses on strategic bombardment missions out of Rattlesden, Suffolk. With their first mission coming on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1943, their main focus was hitting sites that would weaken enemy forces...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 7/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Dow Fd 7/4/44; Assigned 708BS/447BG [CQ- ] Rattlesden 8/4/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Edgar Farrell, Co-pilot: John Benedict, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bill Peters, Radio Operator:...
Other location
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Pilot Town, MD USA | 23 November 1916 |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Bad Orb, Germany | 29 April 1944 |
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Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 December 2021 22:52:43 | jmoore43 | Changes to aircraft associations |
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Added an association to the A/C #42-102479 listed in the "Summary biography" . |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 03 December 2021 22:50:20 | jmoore43 | Changes to service number, biography, events and place associations |
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Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA). |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 29 June 2017 01:27:03 | My Father's Daughter | Changes to events |
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Daughter |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 March 2017 01:44:26 | My Father's Daughter | Changes to highest rank |
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Daughter |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:26:41 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4255 |
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