David Pollak

Military

Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-Jul-43 in B-17 42-5798. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 657



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

U M Chandler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6397902
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

John J Fogarty

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Sidney J Leigh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Wray Vernon Barlow McKenzie

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16044193
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier; Togglier

Curtis L Moore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17088641
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-29798

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cincinnati, OH 29 October 1917 Son of Julian Albert and Louise [Hyman[ Pollak.

Enlisted

19 March 1942 19 Mar 1942 Release Date 21 Nov 1945

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 28 July 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III

Other

Forced landed POW

Veenendaal, Netherlands 28 July 1943 Shot down 28-Jul-43 in B-17 42-5798. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 657

Other

Discharged USAAF

21 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

25 February 1999

Buried

Indian Hill Episcopal Presbyterian Churchyard Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH 28 February 1999 Indian Hill Episcopal Presbyterian Churchyard Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Based

Podington 28 July 1943 Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28600808
https://www.fold3.com/record/36251947/david-pollak-social-security-deat…
https://www.fold3.com/record/85970361/david-pollak-wwii-army-enlistment…
https://www.fold3.com/record/528712531/david-pollak-1917-veterans-affai…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89206586/david-pollak

Date
Contributornjandavis
Changes
Sources

Correct spelling of name is Pollak, per Stalag Luft 3 records and Smotherman (pilot) records
Correct downed a/c is 42-29798, not 42-5798. MACR has been corrected. 42-5798 crashed in the US

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 657.
David Pollack is also wrongly linked to 42-29798 at https://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/39130...
As for his fellow crew members, the plane they were shot down in was 42-5798, which was correctly indicated on the page for Pollack, updated today (see MACR 657 !)

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 657