Stanley E Rowland

Military

Shot down 15 August 1944 in B-24 #4250442. Landed near Ruiselede, Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW). See Lt Eadmer W Pease's page.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

People

William F Baumback

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33548652
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

James W Daniel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14118841 and O-816256
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph W Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34095885
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Floyd L Gray

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18000504
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Charles W Mullins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-694932
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-50442

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States 14 May 1914

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 26 October 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Prisoner of War - POW

Belgium 15 August 1944 - 12 June 1945 Landed near Ruiselede, Belgium and was immediately arrested by German guards there. Interned at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde).

Died

Signal Mountain, Tennesse, United States 13 April 2007

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
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Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 7918

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 7918

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998, MACR 7918, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / MACR 7918 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database