Oscar C Puckett Jr

Military

Shot down at Stralsund by fighters on 6/20/44 in B-24 #42110152 Prisoner of War (POW)

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Lady Will
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

East Allis, Wisconsin, USA

Other

Prisoner of War

Baltic Sea 20 June 1944 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11)

Revisions

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7084 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database