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Harry
E.
Bottorff
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    February 1, 1945 – May 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 37997

    Sergeant Harry E. Bottorff (ASN: 37705447), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German Forces after he was shot down on February 1, 1945 and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.