Francis J Hess

Military

Shot down 20 December 1942 in B-17F 41-24495 'Rose O'Day' while serving as Radio Operator. Prisoner of War (POW). Flew on 1st Lt. John R. McKee crew.



POW

Connections

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-24495

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rose O Day
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 20 December 1942 - 6 June 1945 Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 6-Jun-45.

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 5-Dec-2014, Added crew position to description per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added POW event and SN per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; made connections to Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Hey and Bishop p.55 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia