Peter Battisti
MilitaryShot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3229 'Pasadena Nena' P.risoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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
- Nicknames: Pasadena Nina
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
10 October 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Added an Association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability. Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives. Added the award mentioned in the "Summary biography" section.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1021 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database