William H Ruble
MilitaryShot down 24 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31742, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Doctors North Hospital, Columbus, Ohio | 8 June 1966 | Died from a Blood Clot to his Heart from his Kidney Stone Operation |
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Born |
Decatur, Illinois, USA | ||
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Buried |
Waynesville, Illinois | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Żagań, Poland | 24 May 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft III per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&cat=GP24&…
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
His nickname was "Rube" as this was found on the back of his Crew Picture
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5267 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database