Michael J Denny

Military

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany in B-24 41-23807 'Little Beaver'; hit by flak twice in rear fuselage, also one engine and a final burst hit the cockpit turning it into an inferno 14-May-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2748



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Chester L Phillips

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18007557 / O-421129
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-23807

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Little Beaver
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Shortville, New York, USA 13 July 1912 Son of Daniel and Anna [Procko] Oklevitch.

Enlisted

Rochester, NY 7 February 1942 Rochester, New York

Other

Baled out POW

Kiel, Germany 14 May 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel, Germany in B-24 41-23807 'Little Beaver'; Shot down 14-May-43. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2748

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 14 May 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb.

Died

Shortsville, NY 28 November 2004

Buried

Brookside Cemetery, Shortsville, Ontario County, NY 1 December 2004 Brookside Cemetery Shortsville, Ontario County, New York

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Shipdham 14 May 1943 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2748 / MACR 2748, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 119, National WWII Memorial, NARA POW records / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database