Howard M Plemmons
Military
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UPL 34496
This photo is B17G 42-39891. Hit by flak over Frankfurt March 2, 1944. Crash landed in a small town Near Arlon Bel.
Shultz (p) and Farr (gunner) stayed with aircraft as long as possible. Remaining crew bailed out earlier all POW.
Farr evaded and Shultz was captured.
Shultz (p) and Farr (gunner) stayed with aircraft as long as possible. Remaining crew bailed out earlier all POW.
Farr evaded and Shultz was captured.
Got this image from civilian witness
Shot down by fighters and crashed N of Arlon, Belgium returning from the target of Frankfurt am Main, GR on 2 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-39891. Prisoner of War (POW).
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
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Hot Springs, North Carolina, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Belgium | 2 March 1944 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2738 / MACR 2738, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database