Harold Stanley Barth

Military

Assigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and captured. Prisoner of War (POW) 7-Aug-44. MACR 7470



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13091456 / O-819095
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lockhaven, PA 26 January 1925 Son of Wilson G and Blanche M [Shoemaker] Barth.

Enlisted

Altoona, PA 17 April 1943 Altoona, PA

Other

Baled out POW

Mechnitz, Poland 7 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and captured. POW 7-Aug-44. MACR 7470

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 7 August 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Lockhaven, PA 6 October 2011

Buried

Rest Haven Memorial Park, Lock Haven, PA 10 October 2011 Rest Haven Memorial Park Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA
Lockhaven, PA

Based

Amendola 7 August 1944 Assigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF.