Chester R Knowles Jr
MilitaryB-17G #42-31672 'Buckeye Boomerang II' left formation on the return froma mission to Frankfurt, GR on 20 Mar 1944 and exploded and crashed SW of Dieppe, FRafter the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Buckeye, Boomerang II
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Portland, Maine |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3411, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces