Jarvis D Williams
MilitaryAssigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 28 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Zietz 30-Nov-44 in B-17 42-107014 'Lucy'; Shot down by flak Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11057
Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19102623 / O-757277
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucy
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Baled out POW |
Zietz, Germany | 30 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Zietz 30-Nov-44 in B-17 42-107014 'Lucy'; Shot down by flak POW MACR 11057 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 30 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Born |
Kansas City, Kansas, USA | ||
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Kimbolton | 30 November 1944 |
Revisions
General Order 582 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Brigadier General Turner, dated 4 December 1944.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11057 / MACR 11057; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 326 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database