Morris Hamilton Merrifield

Military
media-25779.jpeg UPL 25779 545th Bombardment Squadron Patch

Object Number - UPL 25779 - 545th Bombardment Squadron Patch

Assigned to the 384th BG 545th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #48 dated 13 July 1943, Drewry Fry Wofford Crew. 3 combat missions.



Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 42-3230 'YANKEE POWERHOUSE II' Prisoner of War. MACR 293

POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17046066
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-524965
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Yankee Powerhouse II : Mary Kathleen
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

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Prisoner of war

Germany 17 August 1943

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