Irving R Plinskin

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Okoven on 10 Jan 45 in B-17 :Lady Fortune' #4297858

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Units served with

Staff Sergeant Rich, a top turret gunner of the 95th Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97232 ) nicknamed "Sandy's Refueling Boys", August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'S/Sgt Rich top turret gunner 412 BS.'

412th Bomb Squadron

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

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97858

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Lady Fortune : Carmen's Folly
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Flushing, New York, USA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Germany	10 January 1945

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Flushing, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany

10 January 1945

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:13:31

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11743 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database