Merrell G Merrick

Military

Shot down by flak on a mission to Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31292. A/c made a belly-landing near Krimpen, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW) for 15 mos. Missing in Action (MIA) for 6 mos. Missions (from first to last): Paris; Kiel; Heuringhem; Frankfurt; Brunswick; Wilhelmshaven; Frankfurt.

AM; GCM; ATR; POW

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Units served with

390th Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-9768) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

569th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31292

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Dolly
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	San Mastso, California, USA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	France	4 February 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

San Mastso, California, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

France

4 February 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:06

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2352 / MACR 2352; self, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database