Jack E Williams
MilitaryOn the return from a mission to Rostock, GR on 20 Feb 1944, B-17F #42-30246 'Spot Remover' was unable to transfer fuel from the Tokyo tanks and headed towards Sweden. Crew was forced to bale out over Denmark and the a/c crashed near Tierstrup. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spot Remover
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Muncie, Kansas, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 20 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Ja…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2436 / MACR 2436, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database