Girard S Casparis

Military

Shot down by fighters on return from mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-40057. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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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.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-40057

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Johnson City, Texas, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 29 January 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2273 / MACR 2273, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,

href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=919">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=919> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database