Herbert Higginbotham Jr
MilitaryHad mechanical failure and landed in Sweden on 7/18/44 in B-17 Yardbird #42-102663, INT.
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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: Yardbird
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Interned (INT) |
Sweden | 18 July 1944 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a connection to A/C #42-102663 listed in the "Summary biography".
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the middle name field to the suffix field.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7552