William S Gingold

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Devern, GR on a mission to Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31838 'Sack Time Charlie. ' Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31838

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sack Time Charlie
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Springfield, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 10 February 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

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 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

SOURCE:  https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?s=644&dt=3159&…

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2370 / MACR 2370, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database