Beverly R Polk
MilitaryShot down 12 December 1942 in B-17 41-24585 [PU-B] 'Wulfe Hund', 303BG/360BS while serving as Bombardier on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. Prisoner of War (POW). Pariticpated in 3 missions (See Biography events).
POW
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wulfe Hound
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 6 December 1942
- Official Description:
- Date: 18 November 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Biggs Field, TX 79918, USA | 23 August 1942 | Assigned as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 303Bg/360BS at Biggs Field, El Paso, Texas. |
Other Arrived at Station |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 16 October 1942 | Arrived as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24585 "Wulfe Hund", 302BG/360BS at Molesworth, UK |
Other Mission #1 2LT Beverly R. Polk, w/B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24585 "Wulf Hund" on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire France. RTB OK. |
Other Mission #2 2LT Beverly R. Polk, w/B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS |
Lille, France | 6 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24585 "Wulf Hund" on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 12 December 1942 - 12 June 1945 | Held at Stalag 7A, Moosburg, Bavaria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 12-Jun-45. |
Other Mission #3 2LT Beverly R. Polk, w/B-17F 41-24585, 303BG/360BS |
Rouen, France | 12 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier on B-17F 41-24585 "Wulf Hund" on a mission to bomb the railroad marshalling yards at Rouen, France. The aircraft was battle damaged and the pilot crashlanded in on a field in France. 2LT Polk was captured as a Prisoner of War. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 12-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/006.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Assigen to Aircraft event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Paul F. Flickenger crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-flickenger.html
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added Assigen to Aircraft event per 303Bg website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Paul F. Flickenger crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-360-flickenger.html
Lee Cunningham 7-Dec-2015. Added target and mission participation to Summary Biography and connected all mission participation based on my research of 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Reports: http://www.303rdbg.com/
Lee Cunningham 10-Nov-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor