Conrad J Gemmecke

Military

Shot down fighters and crashed near Gottingen shortly after leaving the target at Halberstadt, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-29829. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-29829

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sons of Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag IX-C

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 9C

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Bad Sulza, Germany 22 February 1944 Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Added an Association to “Kimbolton”, the home base of the 379th BG.

Added S/N and Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an Association to Stalag 9C per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2870 / MACR 2870, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database