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Documented events of the crash of B-24 41-29438 and the subsequent fate of the crew, and other airmen, who were held as Prisoners of War in the same Room in Stalag Luft I. (Barracks 7, Block 307, Room 9).

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Units

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37601362 / O-2060761
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 451st Bomb Group 726th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-2060765
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 485th Bomb Group 828th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-702000
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Radar Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-719833
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 459th Bomb Group 756th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-705317
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fearless Fosdick
  • Unit: 459th Bomb Group 756th Bomb Squadron

Locations

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Revisions

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Sources

Information supplied by Richard L. Carroll's daughter, Jane Young, Roseville MN..