Bryce Singleton Evertson
Military
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Bryce Evertson was Pilot of B-17G 42-97483 on the 6 March 1944 mission to Berlin. Damaged by fighters but continued to the target. Crew was later forced to bail out and a/c crashed near Wilmersdorf, a Berlin suburb, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34408909
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12041096 at enlistment, then O-805890
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37499269
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15096348 at enlistment, then O-741266
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809651
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
20 January 1921 | Bushnell, Nebraska | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
6 March 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1 | |
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Died |
2 February 1995 | ||
| Kimball, Nebraska | |||
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Buried |
Revisions
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Bryce Evertson.
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
NARA WWII POW Records
MACR 2902
WWII Draft Card
VETERANS BIRLS Death File
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Georgia Chapter 8th AFHS 1998 Directory; MACR 2902, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / MACR 2902 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
