Cleo Julius Hartline

Military

Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 42-97228. Prisoner of War.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: GI Jive
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War

Austria 13 April 1944 Interned in POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Born

Plano, Texas, USA

Revisions

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=h...

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Added an association to Grafton Underwood, the home base for the 384th BG.

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
SOURCE: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?s=644&dt=466&b…

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Updated middle name and surname from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3871 / MACR 3871, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database