Charles F Hill
MilitaryAfter being hit by flak on a mission to St Jean d'Angely airfield, FR on 27 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-31363 was ditched in the Bay of Biscay. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11.
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
- Nicknames: Vapor Trail
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 27 March 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3479 / MACR 3479, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, First Over Germany pg. 227, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database