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42-31433 SO-V, RUM POTT II
42-31433 SO-V, RUM POT II
Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31433 'Rum Pot II' Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3867
POW Camp: Dulag Luft Gross tychow Dulag 12
POW
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down 13 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31433 'Rum Pot'. Killed in Action (KIA). Did not have parachute on, said he would never become Prisoner of War (POW). Last man to bail out saw him sitting in co-pilot seat.
DFC; Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster
Military | Major | MOS 1091 - Pilot, B-17 | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th Bombardment Group, 547th Bombardment Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #141 dated 12 November 1943, as crew pilot. He served two tours with the 384th Bomb Group and flew 47 combat missions.
Military | Technical Sergeant | MOS 748 - Top Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed near Zetteritz on 7/20/44 in B-17 Section 8 #42-37974. Missing Air Crew Report #7278.
POW
Group
The 384th Bomb Group flew B-17s from Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, between May 1943 and June 1945. They were engaged in daylight bombing missions over Germany as part of the Allies' efforts to destroy the effectiveness of the Luftwaffe by...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/11/43; Kearney 15/11/43; Assigned 547BS/384BG [SO-V] Grafton Underwood 8/1/44; Missing in Action Schweinfurt 13/4/44 with Clarry Stearns, Navigator: Bob Hock, Bombardier: Don Ackerson, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dave...
13 April 1944
Military site : airfield
Grafton Underwood was built in 1941 by George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. It was the first airfield in England to receive an Eighth Air Force flying unit, when in May 1942 personnel of the 15th Bomb Squadron took up residence. As a satellite airfield for...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | New York, NY, USA | 1921 |
| Enlisted | Governors Island, New York, NY, USA | 25 August 1942 |
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Residence: Nassau County, New York |
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| Assigned | 12 November 1943 | |
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Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #141 dated 12 November 1943, Maurice Booska Crew. 27 combat missons. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 13 April 1944 – May 1945 |
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POW Camp: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12 |
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| Died | 1996 | |
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Burial: |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 February 2020 03:17:16 | bombercommand | Changes to biography and media associations |
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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=52 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 May 2015 02:05:01 | bombercommand | Changes to media associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 11 May 2015 02:03:33 | bombercommand | Changes to highest rank, biography, awards, events and media associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 17 February 2015 23:25:12 | bombercommand | Changes to middlename, service number, biography, person associations, place associations, mission associations and media associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:07:40 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3867 / MACR 3867, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=a... / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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