Homer Porterfield Duncan
Military
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UPL 57348
Kittleson crew assignment to the 493rd BG August 1944
493rd Bomb Group collection
493rd BG Archives
Shot down 12 September 1944 in B-17 #43-38098. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19147508 at enlistment, then O-764699
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14054618
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Spring Dale, Fayette County, West Virginia, United States | 5 December 1921 | |
Enlisted |
3 June 1942 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 12 September 1944 | captured near Oschersleben, Germany. Interned at Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control ' March 1946'.“ |
Huntington, Wayne County, West Virginia | |||
Enlisted |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
MACR 8863
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8863 / MACR 8863, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database