Hosea Faine Crawford
Military
Uploaded
Object Number - UPL 24059 - Mr Crawford in 1955. Photo from his son Dean Crawford.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3436. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Radio operator: S/Sgt. Hosea Faine Crawford - Born in 1922 in Shelburn-Indiana he enlisted in Evansville on October 21st 1942.
Hosea Faine Crawford was raised by his parents Hosea Harrison and Goldie Crawford in Shelburn, Sullivan County in southern Indiana. Hosea had very little formalized education and joined the air force during WWII. After his service and POW-time he returned to the U.S. and married Constance Anne (Connie) Virga from New York. Hosea met Connie after the war in New York as she wrote to him when he was imprisoned in Stalag 17 as part of the Red Cross effort to keep up the spirits of American GI’s.
After they were married Hosea left the air force to work in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an air traffic controller. He lived in many places including Washington, Massachusetts, Alaska and Indiana. They had seven children and divorced in 1960. Hosea died in 1990 and is buried in Sahuarita/Pima County, Arizona.
More see http://home.kpn.nl/slang075/breeden-crew-members-42-3436.html
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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
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Shelburn, Indiana, USA | ||
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Near Krems Austria | 14 October 1943 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
dded a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1034 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
