George A Browning III
MilitaryForced to make an emergency landing due to mechanical/engine failure near Halweg, Holland on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-37796. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fletcher’s Castoria III
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
21 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Added an Association to the 100th BG, the parent bomb group of the 349th, 350th, 351st & 418th Bomb Squadrons & the 412th Air Service group.
Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2761 / MACR 2761, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database