Paul Dwain Straw
Military
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Object Number - UPL 52407 - Maj General Paul D. Straw
Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bernburg in B-17 42-31612 22-Feb-44; shot down by flak, crew baled out and pilot made a wheels up landing near Aachen. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2657
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War: Remained in USAF serving in Korean and Vietnam conflicts, rising to Major General.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36159440 / O-803734
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hewins, KS | 1 January 1924 | Son of H F Straw. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Leavenworth, KS | 8 May 1942 | Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
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Other Commissioned |
30 August 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 22 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Other Discharged USAF |
17 October 1977 | Honourable discharge. Retired from USAF. | |
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Died |
19 March 1994 | ||
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Buried |
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, TX | 23 March 1994 | Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas |
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Based |
Polebrook | 22 February 1944 | Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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http://www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/hallofhonor/straw.htm
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1228574/paul-d-straw
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2657 / MACR 2657, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
