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ALEXANDER ALEX CREW - 427th BS
(crew assigned 427BS: 16 Nov 1943 - photo: taken by B-24 "Liberator" in USA)

2Lt Alexander Alex (P)(POW), 2Lt Lon E. Jackman, Jr.(CP(KIA)(1),
2Lt Nicholas J. Goldschmidt (N)(POW)(2), 2Lt Albert L. Farrah (B)(POW)

S/Sgt Joseph Adamczyk (E)(POW), S/Sgt W.R. McCarren (R)(POW),
Sgt Harold Micheles (BT)(POW), Sgt Robert J. Newcomb (LWG)(POW/REP),
Sgt H.A. Brown (RWG)(POW/REP), Sgt Stewart G. Hall (TG)(POW/REP)

(crewmen in photo not in order - some may not be in photo)

Crew Notes:

1. 2Lt Lon E. Jackman, Jr. (CP)(KIA) - Assigned to 427th BS on 27 October as a Member of the Lt Robert W. Sheets Crew. Flew five missions with the Sheets crew (#82,85,86,88 & 89). Buried in The Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.
2. 2Lt Nicholas J. Goldschmidt (N)(POW) - On second mission. First mission was with Lt John C. Barker Crew

(POW/KIA) - On mission #90, 20 December 1943 to Bremen, Germany in B-17F #42-39764 Santa Ana (360BS) PU-B. The crew, except for 2Lt Jackman and 2Lt Goldschmidt was on their first combat mission. Anti-aircraft fire knocked out one engine and a subsequent fighter attack resulted in the crew bailing out and their B-17 crashing near Bremen, Germany. Sgts Newcomb, Brown and Hall were badly wounded and were repatriated after their capture..

POW Identification Card
2Lt Nicholas J. Goldschmidt, Jr. - Stalag Luft I, Barth Germany

[photos courtesy of Nicholas J. Goldschmidt, Jr.]
[Researched by 303rdBGA Historian Harry D. Gobrecht]