Donald A Achenbach

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Trier on 2 Jan 45 in B-17 44-8201

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rosalle Ann ll
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 729th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

POW

Trier, Germany 2 January 1945 MACR 11257

Born

Wichita, KS, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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ContributorLucy May
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Brought in information from duplicate record that spelt surname 'Achenback'. Sources are:
1999 Unit Roster MACR 11257 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

See also: http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=38793

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Contributorkeatinglyn
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452nd BG Association loading list database

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Contributorkeatinglyn
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Missing Planes of the 452nd Bomb Group, 3rd Edition, Edward Hinrichs
452nd BG Association loading list database