Earl S Parker
MilitaryEntered service at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. 9 Nov 1942. Joined 392nd BG Dec 1943 at Indianapolis, IN. Rank at end of WW II was T/Sergeant. Pilot-George Haffermen. Attacked by fighters on the return from a mission to Friedrichshafen, GR on 18 Mar 1944 in B-24H #42-109826 'The Arsenal', some of the crew baled out , but the rest continued on crashed landed E of Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Prisoner of War (POW). Freed 29 Apr 1945, Moosburg, Germany.
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Newburgh, Indiana, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Belgium | 18 March 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3331 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Roll of Honor, Losses of teh 8th & 9th Air Forces