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Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-5444 JD-N, '"We Dood It". Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde)
Military | Technical Sergeant | Left Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick in B-17 42-5444 'We Dood It" 30-Jan-44; shot down by fighters Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2263
Awards: PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-5444 "We Dood It". Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2263
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-5444 JD-N "We Dood It". Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2263
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-5444 JD-N, "We Dood It". Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2263
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Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot, Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to 545BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x combat missions. Accident on 9-Oct-43 on slow-timing flight of B-17 41-24529. RTD
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down by enemy aircraft on a mission to Brunswick, 30 January 1944 in B-17F 42-5444 JD-N, "WE DOOD IT". Killed in Action MACR# 2263
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-5444 JD-N, "We Dood It". Killed in Action (KIA).
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia
Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 384th Bomb Group
shot down by enemy aircraft on a mission to Brunswick, Germany, 30 January 1944 in B-17F 42-5444 JD-N, "WE DOOD IT". Killed in Action. MACR 2263
Final Resting Place or Memorial: Missouri
Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner, Waist Gunner | 384th Bomb Group
Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick, 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-5444 JD-N "We Dood It". Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2263
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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 Tulsa 10/12/42; Salina 7/1/43; Assigned 360BS/303BG [PU-C] Molesworth 2/6/43; 403AD Langford Lodge 5/7/43; 545BS/384BG [JD-N] Grafton Underwood 11/8/43; Missing in Action Brunswick 30/1/44 with Burton Ross, Navigator: Art Caziani, Bombardier:...
30 January 1944
This mission has the aviation industry at Brunswick, Germany as the primary target. The mission is composed of a combined force pf 777 heavy bomber aircraft despatched in three elements: 1st Bomb Division; 2nd Bomb Division and 3rd Bomb Division. The...
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 | Milwaukee, Oregon, USA | |
| Prisoner of War (POW) | Belgium | 30 January 1944 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 26 January 2015 03:26:00 | bombercommand | Changes to middlename, service number, role, biography, person associations and media associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 26 January 2015 03:05:57 | bombercommand | Changes to place associations and mission associations |
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384thbombgroup.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:09:29 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2263 / MACR 2263, 8th AF Losses, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=b... / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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