Dero Hurst

Military

Prisoner of War (POW). Shot down 26 June 1943 in B-17 #4230048 'Flak Dodger. ' . Plane hit by flak and fighers, plane crash landed in France. Original Crew #2

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30048

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Doger aka Flak Dancer
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey pp. 165-6 Memories of the 384th BG by Decker