David S Randle
Military
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UPL 18249
David Randle at the 2011 ex-POW-MIA Remembrance ceremony at the National Prisoner of War Museum, Andersonville, Georgia. (Source : http://www.fayettevillear.va.gov/features/one-of-many.asp where some details are not correct – he was not captured by Russian forces and he was liberated in May 1945, not 1943.)
Corrected last name : Randle instead of Rodle
David Randle was the Navigator, Hess crew, on B-17 #42-3540 'Bacta-th'-Sac' of 381st Bomb Group / 535th Bomb Squadron, shot down over Belgium 1 December 1943. Mission #46 to Solinger, Germany. MACR 1660. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33327732
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13130919
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32426578
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-794661
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38219887
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucifer Jr III, Bacta-Th-Sac
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
- Date: 7 November 1943
- Date: 5 November 1943
- Date: 3 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 1 December 1943 - 13 May 1945 | Interned at Stalag Luft 1 – South Compound, Barrack 1, Room 2 - NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military control “11 March 1946””… |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1660 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database