Henry W Supchak

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed neqr Newstift on 7/31/44 in B-17 Priority Gal #4297304 A young villager saw him turn the plane to the left so that it would miss the village of Neustift. The boy shoved food through the fence while Supchak was a Prisoner of War (POW). Years late that boy, now a hotel owner, hired a historian to track down that pilot, He did, and thats how Supchak returned to the village where they honored him for his courage. The boy and the pilot hugged each other for a long time.



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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 91st Bomb Group fly in formation. Written on slide casing: '909 formation.'

42-97304

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Priority Gal
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wagner, South Dakota, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 31 July 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7806 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database