Minor Hyland Stowe

Military

Assigned to 533BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Oscar Gills crew. Shot down 20-Sep-44 in 42-31570 'Lucky Me'. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10203





Awards: AM (4OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

People

Oscar Watts Gills

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-820997
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (serial number 42-31614), (VP-P, serial number 42-32025) nicknamed "Dreambaby", and (VP-W) of the 381st Bomb Group fly in formation during a practice mission.

42-31570

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucky Me
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sturgis, MI 12 January 1922

Enlisted

5 January 1943

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 25 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

18 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

26 November 1974

Buried

Oak Lawn Cemetery Ossian, Wells County, IN 29 November 1974 Oak Lawn Cemetery Ossian, Wells County, Indiana

Based

Ridgewell 25 September 1944 Assigned to 533BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10203 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx, 381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999/MACR 10203