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United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 91st

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

George Harris papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2000 Box 23 (00.0657-00.0699), Folder: 00.0694
Identifier: 00.0694
Scope and Contents

George D. Harris (Army Air Corps, 1942-1945) trained as a radioman and gunner on a B-17 and was assigned to the 91st Bomb Group in England in 1943. His collection contains a photocopy of three articles from the American Ex-Prisoners of War Bulletin from January 1996 and a copy of his oral history interview conducted on February 26, 2003.

Dates: Created: 1942-1945; Other: Date acquired: 08/07/2000

William Edward McKee Sr. collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 20.0010
Content Description

This collection relates to William Edward McKee Sr. who served as a sergeant with the 324th Squadron, 91st Heavy Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in Europe during World War II. McKee Sr. was shot down along with the crew of the B-17 bomber on March 29, 1944. The entire crew survived and then became German prisoners of war at Luft Stalag 17B. Mckee Sr. received the Air Medal and Purple Heart Medal. This collection includes letters, documents, photographs, prisoner of war memorabilia, and memoirs.

Dates: Event: 1942-1996; Event: Majority of material found within 1943-1945; Other: Date acquired: 2020-12-05; Other: Date accessioned: 2020-12-09

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B-17 bomber 1
Holocaust survivors 1
Holocaust, 1939-1945 1
Knit goods--Handbooks, manuals, etc 1
Knitting -- Patterns 1