John W Greene

Military
media-31044.jpeg UPL 31044

from military year book

Object Number - UPL 31044

POW Crashed near Laubental on 9/10/44 in B-17 I'll Be Around #4337603

On 10 Sep 1944, on his 10th mission he wrote to a friend, "We had just let our bombs go when flak hit the right wing, the top turret and both right engins. The p



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-37603

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: I'll Be Around
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

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Events

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Born

Rochester, NY, USA 10 November 1917

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 10 September 1944 Stalag Luft 1

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awarded 1st Lt prior to separation from Army

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from personal collection

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8809 / MACR 8809; Snetterton Falcons, pg 189, 193 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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