Henry M Burman
MilitaryFlew 12 missions. Shot down on 16 February 1943 on 13th to St. Nazaire in B-17F 42-5058 'Hun Hunter' while serving as Pilot. Aircraft wa attacked by German fighters and crashed near Morlac, France. He managed to baled out and was captured as Prisoner of War (POW). Held at Stalag Luft III. Helped plan and participated in original 'Great Escape' but did not escape. Liberated by Third Army 29 April 1945.
AM/ EAME/ Am Def/ PH/ POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hun Hunter
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group fly over countryside. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 16 Feb 1943.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7-12 Liberator planes of U.S. Bomber Command in flight at the start of an operational patrol from their base "somewhere in England". And February 17th 1943 PN'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379113.jpg.webp?itok=PMFn3r3H)
- Date: 16 February 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 7 November 1918 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 16 February 1943 - 26 May 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 26-May-45. |
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Died |
26 April 2000 | ||
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Buried |
Howard, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 20-Feb-2015. Corrected SN per MACR 15497; Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Decorations, Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss information to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15477 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / daughter, Barbara Ermol; newspaper obituary; MACR 15477, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 78 with a picture of the plane and picture p. 83 taken at Stalag luft III..