Frederick Henry Brown Jr

Military

Frederick Brown was Tail gunner on board B-17 #42-39782 on the 8 February mission to Frankfurt, Germany. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Roye, France. Prisoner of War (POW). Interned at Stalag Luft 4.

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John A Kupsick

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-685654
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Albert F Paplaskas

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11087519
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Herbert D Rossberg

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-804509
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Thurman Preston Smotherman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37417414
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Prisoner of War (POW)

8 February 1944

Born

West Warren, Massachusetts

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MACR 2880

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2880, Lossesw of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 296