Harry Massie Smith

Military

Pilot, Smith H. crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-3220 'Damfino'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 384. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag VIIA.

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Units served with

381st Bomb Group

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

535th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Harold Lloyd Blake

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 11071932
Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Robert L Colborn

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 37206682
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

John V Elsberry

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 39830437
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Lloyd W Gwinn

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-734899
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Samuel John Hawkins

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-672809
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-3220

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Damfino
Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Regensburg, after being bombed by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 385th Bomb Group, 17 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(O-5-1-385)(17-8-43)(30171-6 3/8 - 24,000)(Regensberg)." Passed for publication 6 Sep 1943. Printed caption on reverse: '#44: View of the target.' Censor no: 282458. On reverse: US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

VIII Bomber Command 84

Date: 17 August 1943
Official Description:

VIII Bomber Command 82

Date: 15 August 1943

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 100th Bomb Group that has crash landed. Written on slide casing: 'Raunchy crash TA.'

VIII Bomber Command 81

Date: 12 August 1943

A Dutch soldier surveys the wreckage of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 381st Bomb Group that has crashed near Apeldoorn. First Handwritten caption on reverse: '381BG, 30/7/43 by Fighters.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-3100, 381 BG, 532 BS. 3 KM SE of Apeldoorn, 30-7-43 10:45 Hrs. RNAF'

VIII Bomber Command 80

Date: 30 July 1943

VIII Bomber Command 79

Date: 29 July 1943

Places

Ridgewell

Site type: Airfield

Stalag Luft III

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Stalag VII-A

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of War (POW)		17 August 1943	Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)
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Prisoner of War (POW)

17 August 1943

Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

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Revisions

Date1 Aug 2021 21:57:48

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date4 Aug 2018 02:34:11

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Date22 Mar 2018 02:35:35

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Date10 Nov 2017 17:04:17

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Date27 Sep 2014 18:12:26

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 384 / MACR 384, www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database