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Assigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and captured. Prisoner of War (POW) 7-Aug-44. MACR 7470
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 2nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and captured. Prisoner of War (POW) 7-Aug-44. MACR 7470
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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Group
Served on antisubmarine duty for several months after the U.S. entered World War II. In October 1942 was re-designated as 2d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and earmarked for combat. The group was transferred on paper to Geiger Field, Washington, where it...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 20/5/44; Hunter 14/6/44; Grenier 23/6/44; Presque Is 28/6/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 4/7/44; Missing in Action Blechhammer 7/8/44 with Dwight Hastings, Co-pilot: Ken Durtschi, Navigator: Jim Shaw, Bombardier: Dominic Siani, Flight...
Other location
Other location
Military site : airfield
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| Born | Lockhaven, PA | 26 January 1925 |
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Son of Wilson G and Blanche M [Shoemaker] Barth. |
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| Lived in | Lockhaven, PA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | Altoona, PA | 17 April 1943 |
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Altoona, PA |
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| Based | Amendola | 1944 – 7 August 1944 |
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Assigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out POW | Mechnitz, Poland | 7 August 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and captured. POW 7-Aug-44. MACR 7470 |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Tychowo, Poland | 7 August 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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| Died | Lockhaven, PA | 6 October 2011 |
| Buried | Rest Haven Memorial Park, Lock Haven, PA | 10 October 2011 |
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Rest Haven Memorial Park |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 01 December 2018 11:48:48 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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