Joseph Vincent Williams Jr

Military

Shot down by fighters on the return from a mission to Genshagen near Berlin and crashed near Oldenburg on 6 Mar 1944 in B-24H 42-64460 'Shack Rabbit'. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-64460

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shack Rabbit
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Stalag Luft VI

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Charlotte, North Carolina 21 March 1924

Other

Prisoner of war

6 March 1944 POW for 18 months until liberation at Stalag Luft 1, 4, and 6.

Died

Charlotte, NC, USA 23 October 2000

Revisions

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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An Emotional Gauntlet, Stuart J Wright, Pen & Sword Books, © 2004
MACR 2972
Find A Grave Memorial# 122883799

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2372, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces