James E Fager
Military
Saylor, Thomas. Long Hard Road: American POWs During World War II. St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2007.
Object Number - UPL 57593 - James E Fager
Crashed at Nienburg in B-17 'Buckeye Baby' #42-31384 on 17 Jan 45. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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: Buckeye Babe
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
31582 Nienburg, Germany | 17 January 1945 | Sergeant James E. Fager (ASN: 17142983), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German Forces after he was shot down on January 17, 1945 and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945. |
Revisions
NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 38817
CITATION:
Sergeant James E. Fager (ASN: 17142983), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German Forces after he was shot down on January 17, 1945 and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12000
