John F Eden III
MilitaryOn 5 Jan 1944 in B-24H #41-29116 after T/O aircraft had numerous mechanical problems and unable to land the crew was ordered to bale out. A/C crashed. Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 20 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-64434 'Shoe Shoe Baby'. All crew baled out before a/c crashed near Bad Gandersheim, GR. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Gray, Georgia | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 20 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to the A/C #41-29116 & #42-64434 listed in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2440, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces