Gordon Teal Jr

Military

ETTG, Winter, D crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Prisoner of War, 9 October 1943 on Mission #37 to the aircraft factories at Anklam, Germany. T/Sgt Teal bailed out along with 2LT Liming, 2LT Taormina and 2LT Morgan after a 20mm shell exploded in the cockpit, wounding the pilot, starting a fire and causing the aircraft to go out of control. The pilot was only stunned and regained control of the aircraft, put it on automatic pilot and extinguished the fire in the rear of the cockpit. He was able to land at a different base.

Prisoner of War at Stalag XVIIB.

Tennessee

Credited with one German fighter damaged on the 8 October 1943 mission.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Max E Liming

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-677797
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John B Morgan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735894
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Anthony P Taormina

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-676171
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Douglas L Winter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-795545
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Air Commander and Pilot

Missions

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

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Prisoner of War

Wasserhofstraße, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria 9 October 1943 Stalag XVIIB

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9 October 1943

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 509 / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx