UPL 69702

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Manuel A. Beira, POW photo, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11. Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, 544th Bomb squad, 384th Bomb Group. Crashed near Kervenheim, Germany, 22 January 1945. MACR 11764

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Units

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

People

Headshot of smiling man wearing Air Force military uniform and cap

Manuel A Biera

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

43-37703

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tremblin Gremlin II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron

Locations

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Mission

The smoking crash site of a B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group near Old Catton. Official caption printed on image: (33)(PLAC. MIS. ASSY)(22-1-45)(AC 393).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '22/1/45 467 BG B-24 crashed at Old Catton, killing all aboard.'

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  • Date: 22 January 1945

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Photo courtesy of Russ Tyson.

https://photos.384thbombgroup.com/picture.php?/237930/category/Birder_R