John R/H Smith

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed at Werder on 8/6/44 in B-17 #42102971



POW-Stalag Luft III

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102971

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Effingham county, Ilinois 23 February 1896

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 8 June 1944 POW in Stalag-Luft III. Later moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser in 1945

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Ancestry. com

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Sources

The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General, 1920 - 1975; Record Group Number: 389

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7586 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database