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"Lt Kelly and crew of the 92nd Bomb Group beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 13 August 1943." L-R: Sgt Billy B Freeman, T/Sgt Charles E Slayton, Lyle Sage, S/Sgt Harold D Broyles, Lt Alex M Erganian, 1Lt Charles J Kelly, Lt J M McGraw, Sgt Joseph Savickas, S/Sgt Thomas D Glaspell, S/Sgt Henry P Brannan.
"War Theatre # 12 (England) Crews: Crew members of the 92nd Bomb Group stand in front of the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" " Hellzapoppin." 19 August 1942, England." Rear L-R: Unkn, 1Lt Robert P Brown, Sgt Paul A Dickinson. Front L-R: M/Sgt Clarence W Boyles, Unkn, Sgt Harold D Broyles, Pfc Billy B Freeman, Unkn.
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-29884, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Captain | Pilot | 92nd Bomb Group Fame's Favoured Few
Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Gelsenkirchen 12-Aug-43 in B-17 42-29884; hit by flak, crashed Haltern, near Sevenum, six miles W of Venlo, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 374.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Group
The 92nd Group sometime after arrivial in the UK converted to the role of in-theater combat crew indocrination and training. For this role, the Group traded its B-17F complement and obtained the B-17E, mostly from the 97th BG which was departing for...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 4/3/43; Patterson 8/4/43; Eglin Fd 16/4/43; Dow Fd 19/4/43; Assigned 325BS/92BG [NV-D] Alconbury 23/5/43; force landed base with friendly fire damage with Lopez Mantou 9/6/43; then transferred 326BG [JW-D]; Missing in Action...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Germany | 12 August 1943 |
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Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 27 April 2020 17:55:42 | jmoore43 | Changes to service number and events |
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Added POW camp information to the POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA). |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 April 2020 17:54:14 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:12:00 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 374 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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