William S Northington Jr
MilitaryShot down by fighters and crashed near Magdeburg on 6/20/44 in B-17 #42-102612, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bethelem, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 20 June 1944 | Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11) |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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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).
Contributorjmoore43
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Copied "Summary biography" and the middle name field from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.
ContributorAAM
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MACR 5897 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database