Merle O Hilgert
MilitaryAssigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896.
Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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 323rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672805
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Tondelayo
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 337th Bomb Squadron 339th Bomb Squadron 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Danforth, Illinois, USA | 16 June 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
South Dr, Scott AFB, IL 62225, USA | 14 June 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
78-220 Tychowo, Poland | 9 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft |
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Other Shot down |
Denmark | 9 October 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896. |
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Died |
Waushara County, WI, USA | 4 September 2003 | |
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 9 October 1943 | Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Iroquois County, IL, USA | |||
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Buried |
Coloma, WI 54930, USA | Hillside Cemetery Coloma Waushara County, WI |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 896 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database