Francis Joseph Bornhorst Jr
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5135 - The insignia of the 546th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Crashed E of Envereu, France due to mechanical problems on a mission to V-sites in the Pa-de-Calais, France area on 28 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-31058 'Liberty Run'. Prisoner of War
Missing Air Crew Report 2937
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Liberty Run
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Assigned |
17 November 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 546th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #146 dated 17 November 1943, Austin Dean Rinne Crew. Thirteen combat missions. | |
|
Other Prisoner of War |
28 February 1944 | ||
|
Born |
Shelbyville, IN 46176, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate record to include information from :
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
/ MACR 2937, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=b...
384thbombgroup.com http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=398
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
