Military
Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Koenigshorst on 10/6/44 in B-17 34338430
Group
The 385th Bomb Group, who took the nickname "Van's Valiants" after their first Commanding Officer Col. Elliot Vandevanter, flew B-17s from Great Ashfield, Suffolk. The Group led the famous attack on the Focke-Wolfe aircraft factory at Marienburg on 9...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 2/8/44; Hunter 12/8/44; Grenier 2/9/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-N] Gt Ashfield 8/9/44; Missing in Action Berlin 6/10/44 with Don Andreas, Harry Swift, Mike Cangemi, Bob Quicksall (4 Killed in Action); Alvin Rosenthal, Abel Rebello,...
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Born | Oakland, California, USA | |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 6 October 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:03:37 | AAM | AAM ingest |
| Sources | ||
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9520 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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