William J Devine

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Vechta, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-39804 'Bad Penny. ' Prisoner of War (POW).

POW

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Units served with

388th Bomb Group

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

561st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-39804

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Knettishall airfield looking south, the bomb dump is bottom left, 13 March 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, sortie number US/7PH/GP/LOC226. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Hollland	10 February 1944

Event

Location

Date

Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Hollland

10 February 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:28:16

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2346 / MACR 2346, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database