Jerome Ignatius Pubantz
MilitaryAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munster 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30817 'Miss Flower III'; enemy aircraft KO’d engine, crashed Wenning- railway station, near Steinfurt-Borghorst. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1044
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791163
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Flower III
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
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 III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chicago, IL | 16 March 1923 | Son of Ignatius and Estelle Pubantz. |
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Enlisted |
Chicago, IL | 7 May 1942 | Chicago, Illinois |
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Other Shot down, baled out POW |
Steinfurt-Borghorst, Germany | 10 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Munster 10-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30817 'Miss Flower III'; downe by fighters POW MACR 1044 |
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Died |
Oak Park, IL | 25 July 2000 | |
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Buried |
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, IL | 28 July 2000 | Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, Illinois |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 10 October 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
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Based |
Horham | 10 October 1943 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1044 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database