Francis C Mancuso Jr

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media-37135.jpeg UPL 37135 Francis C Mancuso Jr of the 94th Bomb Group

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Object Number - UPL 37135 - Francis C Mancuso Jr of the 94th Bomb Group

Shot down 7 January 1944 in B-17G #42-31234 'Barber Shop' or 'Johnny Walker III' Prisoner of War (POW). Damaged by fighters the a/c crashed near Pas-de-Calais, FR.



POW 16 Months Stalag XVIIB

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A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31234

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Barber Shop, Johnnie Walker III
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron

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VA Former POW Medical History

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1894, 8th AF Losses

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Object number: UPL 37135 - Francis C Mancuso Jr of the 94th Bomb Group