David Pollak
MilitaryAssigned 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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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14041258
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12012725
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18038806 / O-664075
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
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Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cincinnati, OH | 29 October 1917 | Son of Julian Albert and Louise [Hyman[ Pollak. |
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Enlisted |
19 March 1942 | 19 Mar 1942 Release Date 21 Nov 1945 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 28 July 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III |
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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 |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
21 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
25 February 1999 | ||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Indian Hill Episcopal Presbyterian Churchyard Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH | 28 February 1999 | Indian Hill Episcopal Presbyterian Churchyard Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio |
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Based |
Podington | 28 July 1943 | Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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
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
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 !)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 657