William C Stewart Jr

Military

Crashed at Uedersee in B-17 'Umbriago' #42-97278 on 9/12/44, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97278

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Umbriago
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Suffern, New York, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 12 September 1944

Revisions

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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Added S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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MACR 8833 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database