Stephan Greenleaf Nason

Military

Shot down 11 January 1944 in B-17 #42-31033 'Pee Tey Kun', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pee-Tey-Kuh
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 11 January 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Removed the "Possible DUPLICATE" flag in the Nickname field and then removed the duplicate person.
Copied the "middle name" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Added an association to the A/C #42-31033 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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