Harry D Powers Jr
MilitaryShot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29991 'Patches', Prisoner of War (POW).
AM w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PH/ 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Patches, Well Never Know
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Martville, New York | 4 July 1920 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Near Krems Austria | 14 October 1943 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added the date to the POW event per info in the "Summary biography".
Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to A/C #42-29991 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self; MACR 858