Robert Vernon Atkinson

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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).' media-413576.jpg FRE 4892 A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 4892 - A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse:...

Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #42-97372. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew report #4349.



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A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).'

Tommy Page Lott

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17029188
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Donald Joy Masterson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-751664
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Joseph Emmett McLimans

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37468238
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97372) of the 384th Bomb Group shot down near Füssen 24 April 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Luftfarht-Archiv. Werner Girbig. Okrifel/Main. Feldberpstr. 36. Tail of a shot-down Fortress (384th BG).'

Richard Arthur Patefield

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-123951
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Born

Alabama, USA 14 May 1924

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Austria 24 April 1944 POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Enlisted

Tennessee, USA 26 September 1945 Second Enlistment, Post-War. Residence: Morgan County, Alabama Private, Air Corps

Died

Alabama, USA 26 December 1972 Burial: Roselawn Gardens Of Memory Decatur Morgan County Alabama, USA Plot: Garden 3/Lot 211-2

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Assigned

Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, William L. Bice Crew. One combat mission.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4349 / MACR 4349, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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