Bernard M Conlin

Military

Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Pas de Calais in B-17 42-97485 26-Mar-44; Hit by flak, crashed St-Marie-Cappel, Nth of Hazebrouck, 7 miles NE of St Omer, France; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 3592



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16029354 / O-735027
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Taletha Ann
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Leavenworth, Kansas 8 December 1920 Son of Harry and Helen Conlin.

Enlisted

Kansas, USA 6 July 1940

Other

Baled out POW

St-Marie-Cappel, France 26 March 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Pas de Calais in B-17 42-97485 26-Mar-44; Hit by flak, crashed St-Marie-Cappel, France; POW MACR 3592

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 26 March 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Discharged USAAF

28 September 1952 Honourable discharge.

Died

Leavenworth, KS 15 March 1987

Buried

Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, KS 20 March 1987 Leavenworth National Cemetery Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, KS Section 45, row 22, site 4

Enlisted

Enlisted

Enlisted

Enlisted

Enlisted

Enlisted

Based

Kimbolton 26 March 1944 Assigned to 526BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3592, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces