Harlan Charles Oakberg
MilitaryPhoto from the Oakberg family
Shot down 30 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30202, Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12168148
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-673572
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-325
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38188080
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34312218
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
5 January 1923 | Illinois | |
Enlisted |
Peoria, Illinois, USA | 10 September 1942 | |
Other Bailed out |
30 July 1943 | from A/C #42-30202, over Belgium | |
Other Evaded (EVD) |
Belgium | 30 July 1943 - 28 August 1943 | Initially evaded in Belgium, before what the NARA WWII POW record indicates as the date of his capture ("28/8/43") |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Austria | 28 August 1943 - 6 June 1945 | Interned at Stalag XVIIB in Braunau, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW records: "Returned to Military Control 6 June 1945." |
Died |
Sacramento, California, USA | 10 January 1996 | |
Buried |
Rock Island, Illinois, USA | Harlan Oakberg rests at the Rock Island National Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Updated event locations per info from the event descriptions.
Added a connection to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
MACR 3125
NARA WWII Enlistment recods
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Personal research for 42-30202 and its crew for Tail Gunner Donald Boyd's page at http://www.evasioncomete.org/fboyddm.html
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3125 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database