James R Brown

Military

Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29778, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW/ Air Medal

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

People

William Henry Turcotte

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14095170 and O-674256
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-29778

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Green Fury
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron 338th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Whitewright, Texas 12 August 1918

Died

16 October 2009

Buried

San Antonio, Texas

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 9 October 1943 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 897 / MACR 897/relative / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database