Identity documents and ephemera of Sgt. Gerald McDowell, U.S.A.F. as prisoner of war in Stammlager XVII B Stalag 17B , Krems, Austria, 1943-1945

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$12,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

4to and smaller. Some toning, overall very good. Item #264850 Identity documents and ephemera of American Air Force tail gunner Sgt. Gerald McDowell 1923-2002 . McDowell and the flight crew of the B17 nicknamed Hell’s Belle survived being shot down over Germany in 1943 and were interned at Stalag 17B in Austria. At the war’s end, the camp guards marched American prisoners west to meet the U.S. Armored Division at Braunau and avoid

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