Fred Allen Snavely
Military
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UPL 42986
Fred Snavely’s Dog Tag on page 18 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139543154 (NARA)
page 18 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139543154
Shot down 22 April 1944 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38301982
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34601212
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802566
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13082080 at enlistment, then O-695722
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 93rd Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-370171
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Just Nothing / Quad Zero
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
27 February 1919 | Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States | |
Enlisted |
7 January 1941 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
22 April 1944 | Interned at Stalag XVIIB Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 11 July 1945.” | |
Died |
6 June 1988 | ||
Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 4259
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Card
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4259 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database