Theodore J Tyrrell Jr

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed SE of Nordlingen, GR on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 16 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-38151. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38151

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 16 March 1944 - 18 July 1945 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Born

Antigo, Wisconsin, USA

Revisions

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Upgraded rank (Sgt to T/Sgt.) as part of merging of duplicates.

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Fixed the name by moving "Jr" from the surname to the suffix and moving the last name from the middle name to the surname.

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MACR 3230 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database