Lloyd L Albern
MilitaryShot down by fighters near Berlin on 9/12/44 in B-17 'Lonesome Polecat' #42-31177, Prisoner 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: Lonesome Polecat
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Dubois, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 12 September 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Copied "Birth location" for the Born event from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added a connection to the A/C #42-31177 listed in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8823