Irvin Sylvan Kipper

Military

Shut down by flak on 12 Oct 44 in A/C 44-8118 on Mission to Bologna, Italy. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

463rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-8118

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 463rd Bomb Group 772nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 12 October 1944 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

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Sources

Information gleaned from MACR records 1988 at Fold3.com and WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).