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Originally Posted by KM1957
For Eighth and Ninth Air Force fighters only, I believe there were two POW's, the rest were all KIA or MIA (four from the Eighth and two from the Ninth). 1/Lt. Horace A. Plummer of the 370th Fighter Group was sent to Stalag 7A and the other 1/Lt. Robert D. Corgan of the 353rd Fighter Group was sent to Stalag Luft 3, but note the rank doesn't match. I can not speak for any ETO bomber, transport, recon, etc. losses. The POW camp information came from NARA WWII Prisoners of War Data File available on-line.
Kent
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Good morning Mike & Kent !
There were some more birds shot down this October 18th, 1944.
Eight AF, 96th BG lost B-17 AAFs/n 43-37608 by Flak. All 9 Crew members went POW while landing in the Netherlands. One crew member, the bombardier was 2nd Lt. Stanley O. NOLD. Unfortunately, I have no idea in which POW-Camp he was transferred. MACR of this case is # 10260.
The other Eight AF case for this date is 390th BG' B-17 AAFs/n 43-38189. This a/c was also shot down by flak. Four of the crew survived and became POW. One of the POW was bombardier 2nd Lt. Harry W. LOVE. MACR of this case is # 9484.
Good luck !
Horst Weber