Howard D Venzie
MilitaryForced to make an emergency landing due to mechanical/engine failure near Halweg, Holland on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-37796. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fletcher’s Castoria III
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
6 September 1996 | ||
Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Buried |
Sunset Mem, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Hollland | 21 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2761 / MACR 2761, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database