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.
Service
People
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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.
Units served with
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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...
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Aircraft
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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...
Events
Event |
Location |
Date |
Born |
Lockhaven, PA |
26 January 1925 |
Son of Wilson G and Blanche M [Shoemaker] Barth.
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Lived in |
Lockhaven, PA |
1942 |
Enlisted |
Altoona, PA |
17 April 1943 |
Altoona, PA
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Based |
Amendola |
1944 – 7 August 1944 |
Assigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF.
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Baled out POW |
Mechnitz, Poland |
7 August 1944 |
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 |
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 |
Rest Haven Memorial Park
Lock Haven,
Clinton County, PA
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