William C Tarr

Military

Previously on 11 April 1944 he was forced to land at a RAF base and the Navigator and Bombardier both died. Shot down 24 April 1944 in B-17 #4231901. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11.



POW, AM 1Oak Leaf Cluster, SS,

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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

42-31768

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Carriage
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

19 May 1988

Born

Bell Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried

San Antonio, Texas

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 24 April 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol 3 pg 642; MACR 4284, First Over Germany pg. 227, 231-2, & 236-7; NARA, Combat Crews pg. 111,

href="http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=395150…">http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=395150…;, / MACR 4283 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database