Military
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8279.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Photographer | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 17 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany Killed...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Alerbert Powell crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany....
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Albert Powell crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany....
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 95th Bomb Group
An Aviator's Dream: The Man From Painted Woods
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Albert Powell crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany....
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Albert Powell crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany....
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Albert Powell crew. 35 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near...
Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Albert Powell crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany....
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 95th Bomb Group
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 12 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany....
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 95th Bomb Group was the only Eighth Air Force Group to be awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations. The first, shared by all four Bomb Wing Groups, was for the bombing of an aircraft factory under intense enemy fire at Regensburg on 17 August...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
For the book (An Aviator’s Dream - The Man From Painted Woods) Mostly photos and articles on my father, Lt Ernest Anders Erickson, I am assembling, have spent a lot of time researching the fate of his last ship.
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Military site : airfield
Horham airfield was planned and built for RAF use, but handed over to the Eighth Air Force and used initially by the 47th Bomb Group. When they joined the Twelfth Air Force in January 1943, it became home to the B-26 Marauders of the 323rd Bomb Group....
Other location
Other location
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| Born | Daytona Beach, Florida | 14 August 1921 |
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Son of Albert Bishop Powell Sr and Ethel C Lord. |
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| Enlisted | Miami, FL | 15 September 1942 |
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Miami, Florida |
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| Based | Horham | 1944 – 25 August 1944 |
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Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out POW | Schwabach, Germany | 25 August 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany POW MACR 8279. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Moosburg, Bavaria | 25 August 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa. |
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| Died | Winter Park, FL | 22 November 2002 |
| Buried | Florida National Cemetery BushnelL, Fl | 25 November 2002 |
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Florida National Cemetery |
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| 05 March 2020 17:14:24 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, awards and events |
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48964515/albert-b-powell |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 05 March 2020 04:51:50 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 16 February 2020 14:47:42 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, highest rank, biography and events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28681176 |
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| 15 February 2020 22:19:22 | Al_Skiff | Changes to suffix, nickname, service number, highest rank, role, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28681176 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 February 2020 21:42:47 | jmoore43 | Changes to aircraft associations |
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Added a connection to A/C #44-6085 listed in the "Summary biography". |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 14 February 2020 21:25:46 | jmoore43 | Changes to nickname and biography |
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Added the words "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an admin can check out this person. |
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| 27 September 2014 18:03:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8279 / href="http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php">http://95thbg.org/95th_db_pages/left_formation_code/gethonoroll.php> |
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