James C Tyler
MilitaryShot down 20 December 1942 in B-17 41-24452 while serving as Radio Operator. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O438025
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 8 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 20 December 1942 - 22 September 1944 | Held at Stalag 17B, Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 22-Sep-44. This RMC date would indicate that he was wounded and was part of a wounded POW parole by the Germans. |
Revisions
Contributoracbernstein1
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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 4-Dec-2014. COMBINATION of duplicate entry data from ingest from The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia, records; Added POW detail and location per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database. All information confirmed from MACR 16243 and "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
MACR 16243 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database