Edward Kasner

Military

Mid air Collision and crashed at Rohmdorf in B-17 'Wrinkled Belly Baby' #42-37879, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Wrinkled Belly Baby
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pocoton, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 16 August 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added POW camp information to the POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8176 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database