Military
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896.
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Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Group
The 91st Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated at Harding Field, Louisiana on 15-April-1942 and went to MacDill Field, Florida for the first phase of training from 16-May-1942 to 25-June-1942. The Group was then assigned to 2nd Air Force at Walla...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 11/2/43; Rapid City 22/2/43 - original group ship with 95th BG; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-R] RAF Alconbury; force landed Alconbury after sustaining NBD with Don Eastling 19/5/43; transferred to 337BS/96BG [AW-G]...
Military site : airfield
Now home to a museum all about the aifield and its USAAF residents (http://www.towermuseumbassingbourn.co.uk/) , Bassingbourn opened in 1938 as part of the RAF's pre-war expansion programme. The RAF continued to use it until late in 1942 when its long...
Other location
Other location
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Kenne, New Hampshire, USA | 25 October 1918 |
| Enlisted | Manchester, NH, USA | 28 March 1941 |
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Manchester, New Hampshire |
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| Based | Bassingbourn | 1943 – 9 October 1943 |
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Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Moosburg, Germany | 9 October 1943 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag VIIa. |
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| Shot down | Denmark | 9 October 1943 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896. |
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| Died | Keene, NH, USA | 2 December 1995 |
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 23 October 2021 18:58:06 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography, events and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28612528?terms=42-29740 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 October 2021 16:32:13 | jmoore43 | Changes to events and place associations |
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Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA). |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 12 February 2018 10:27:59 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events, person associations, unit associations and place associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28612528?terms=42-29740 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:03:34 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 896 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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