Harvey William Reid

Military

Damaged by fighters on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 11 Feb 1944, B-17G 42-39962 crashed near Dieppe, FR after the crew bailed out. Prisoner of War (POW).



My father was a prisoner of war from Feb. 11, 1944 to the war's end April 30, 1945 at Stalag Luft I in Barth Germany. He had many interesting stories about the experience and I have pictures of the camp and liberation



POW; Air Medal

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-39962

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-5747

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bucket of Bolts : Hangar Queen
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 February 1944

Died

4 February 2005

Born

Dunsmir, California, USA

Buried

Mount Shasta, California

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- AAIR 43-11-30-519 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Contributorbombercommand
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http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=3340

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2529 / MACR 2529, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Force/daughter, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database