Mathias J Kremer
Military
Internet Photo - 303rd Bomb Group Face Book Page
Object Number - UPL 63758 - Mathias J. Kremer
1st five missions early easy and then Schweinfurt pure hell. Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29477 'Joan of Arc', Prisoner of War (POW).
AM/ ETO/ PH/ POW
Connections
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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: Little Audrey aka Joan of Arc
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 306th Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 9C
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Perham, Missouri | 24 July 1916 | |
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 | Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11 |
Revisions
Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "Arc" was misspelled.
Added a connection to Stalag IX-C per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 907 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self; MACR 907
