Wilfred A Bouchard
MilitaryShot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 42-39836.
When Bouchard was shot down he landed in a field west of the Dutch border with Belgium where Polish POW's were working. On landing he had broken his foot and was collected by the local police who treated him decently. He was then transferred to a hospital in Bonn where a Polish POW medic put his foot in a cast. After the customary interrogation process he was sent to Stalag Luft 1 where he joined up with his pilot and navigator and where he remained until liberated by the Russians.
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 1 December 1943 | |
|
Born |
Old Town, Maine, USA |
Revisions
Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 91st Bomb Group related to the service of Wilfred Bouchard.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1320 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database