Bertis A Conner Jr
Military
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk / 339th Fighter Group Association.
Object Number - UPL 12872 - Lt. Bertis A Conner, [Groves TX], 505th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-15498 6N-A/ “Lone Star Lady”. Lt. Conner became a POW on 2 March 1945 whilst...
Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Ruhland, Germany
Crashed near Niebel on 2-Mar-45 in P-51D 'Therese' 44-11363 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 12875.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 341, Stalag 11-A
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Jefferson County, TX, USA | 24 December 1918 | Son of Bertis A Snr and Mary J Conner. |
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Based |
Fowlmere | 19 September 1944 - 2 March 1945 | Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK | 11 January 1945 | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 2 March 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Baled out |
Niebel, Treuenbrietzen, Germany | 2 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Ruhland, Germany Crashed near Niebel on 2-Mar-45 in P-51D 'Therese' 44-11363 POW. MACR 12875. |
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Died |
Port Neches, TX, USA | 22 November 2000 | |
| Groves, TX 77619, USA | |||
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Buried |
Oak Bluff Memorial Park, 618 Block, Port Neches, TX 77651, USA | Oak Bluff Memorial Park Port Neches Jefferson County, TX |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12875 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
