Farmer E Rains Jr
MilitaryShot down by fighters and crashed near Hanover on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31265. Prisoner of War (POW).
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
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lebanon, Missouri | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 10 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to the 100th BG as listed in the A/C description.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to the A/C #42-31265 listed in the "Summary biography".
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
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Sources
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 2382, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia