Donald L Land

Military
media-18636.jpeg UPL 18636 Officers and crew of B-17G 42-97380

member number 'John4297380'

Object Number - UPL 18636 - Officers and crew of B-17G 42-97380

Shot down by flak and crashed at Achen Kirchen on 7/16/44 in B-17 #42-102599, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102599

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 16 July 1944

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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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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 7564 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 18636 - Officers and crew of B-17G 42-97380