Edwin D Frost Jr

Military

May - October 1943. Navigator, Cormany crew. 381st G, 535th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30864. Mission #36 to the shipyards at Bremen, Germany. MACR 885. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag VIIA. The 381st BG was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for this mission.

Summit, NJ



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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert C Black

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-734640
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

William F Cormany

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736477
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

James J Dwyer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32160787
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

William W Ingenhutt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-401170
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Earl F Miller

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17037483
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

Aircraft

42-29988

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Uncouth Bastard
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 381st Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron

42-30864

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag Luft III

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

Stalag VII-A

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War

Germany 8 October 1943 Stalag Luft III Stalag VIIA

Born

Summit, New Jersey

Revisions

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Name appears in Parker Finney's POW Diary 1944 - 1945 Stalag III Sagan Germany and Stamlager VIIA Moosberg Germany

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Assoiciation, March 1999; MACR 885 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia