Paul M Williams

Military

Shot down 24 May 1944 in B-17 42-39890 'Return Ticket', Prisoner of War.



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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

Aircraft

42-39890

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Return Ticket
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 May 1944 - 28 February 1946 1946Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Vincennes, Indiana, USA

Revisions

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https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=6&cat=GP24&…

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW camp information to the POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5179 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database