Darwin R Nichols
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Darwin R Nichols and daughter
Added connection to airman's record
Object Number - UPL 33885 - Visiting Daddy in Lemoore, California. April 1944 Darwin R Nichols and daughter
Shot down at Staaken on 9/12/44 in B-17 Dina Mite #4297318 and taken POW. Shot to death on 3/27/45 in Giessen after having been in a Gestapo prison for more than six months. Actual killer never tried. Gestapo man Karl Lösch sentenced to 11 years for "aiding and abetting" in the killing (he had accompanied Nichols and the killer to the place of the crime).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dina mite
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Died |
27 March 1945 | ||
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Born |
Pocatello, Idaho | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 12 September 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8898 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
