John E Legg
MilitaryJohn E Legg Via American Air Museum Memory Book correspondence.
Shot down 24 May 1944 in B-17 #42-102528 'Times A-Wastin'. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft IV. He was shot down on his 19th mission.
POW, PH, AM Oak Leaf Cluster, Presidential Unit Citation, EAME, GC
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: Times a-wastin
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 8 June 1924 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan Poland | 24 May 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5169, NARA,
http://www.100thbg.com/mainpages/crews/crews3/jespersen.htm
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