August Julius Fleischbein
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Damaged by fighters on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G 42-37950 'Dinah Might', the crew baled out and the pilot made an emergency landing near Polder, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dinah Might
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
San Diego, California | 3 February 1921 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 10 February 1944 - 10 February 1944 | |
Died |
5 October 1998 | ||
Buried |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 2538, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces;
- MACR 941;
- His stepdaughter;
- Losses of the 8th & 9th BG Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 321;
- His Grandson
Just correcting the spelling of his last name and adding his nickname. He was my grandfather.
MACR 2538 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database