Fred C Nachtigal

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Brandenburg on 20 Apr 45 in B-17 'You All Right' #43-39125

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: You All Right, Der Grossarschvogel
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 20 April 1945

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14174 / MACR 14174,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1872">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1872> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database