Alan M Baldwin

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down on 9/27/44 on Kassel mission in B-24 'Frigid Bridget' #42-51342

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Frigid Bridget
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner Of War (POW)

27 September 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Born

Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Revisions

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Added a connection to 8th AF.

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Added S/N and POW event from data st the National Archives.

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Birsic MACR 9392 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9392 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database