John B Wierman

Military
media-32820.jpeg UPL 32820 1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4.

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Object Number - UPL 32820 - 1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room...

Damaged by rocket fire and exploded and crashed after the crew baled out on a mission to Berlin on a 6 Mar 1944 in B-17F #42-3215 'Linda Mary'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-3215

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Linda Mary
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

14 February 1988

Born

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 March 1944

Revisions

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Sources

381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 3000, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3000 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 32820 - 1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44...