Earl Russell Horr
MilitaryPilot, Horr crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down June 22, 1943 in B-17 #42-30016 "Iron Gut Gert". Mission #1 to Antwerp, Belgium. First 381st BG mission. Shot down by Major Josef 'Pips' Priller of STAB/JG26 in an FW190A-6. MACR #134. Prisoner of War at an Amsterdam Temporary camp, Stalag Luft III and VIIA.
Minneapolis, MN
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18110019
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36057714
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-738839
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37268722
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31150534
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Iron Gut Gert
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 June 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born Prisoner of War |
Minneapolis, MN, USA | 29 October 1915 | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Amsterdam, Netherlands | 24 June 1943 - 28 June 1943 | Amsterdam Temporary camp |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Zagan, Poland | 29 June 1943 - 27 January 1945 | Stalag Luft III |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Moosburg, Germany | 3 February 1945 - 29 April 1945 | Stalag Luft VIIA |
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Died |
6 September 1985 | ||
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Based |
Ridgewell | 22 June 1943 |
Revisions
All Information entered by ARowe95 from:
381st BGMA
MACR 134
242nd Medical Diary
532nd War Diary
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
Fold3.com
Behind the Wire (Stalag Luft III) - Ewell McCright
Brought in information from duplicate record. Sources:
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 134 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 134 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database