Theodore Ralph Kellers

Military

Shot down 20 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30372 'Shack Rabbit III. ' Evaded (EVD) from Belgium with the help of the Comet evasion network. Handed over by Comet to another line, he was on his way to Spain via Tarbes, France, when he was arrested together with other evaders near Bagnere de Luchon close to the Spanish border. Became a Prisoner of War (POW). See his page at www.evasioncomete.be >>> Fiches.

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Robert William Metlen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39900663
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Jerome Chester Nawracaj

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32454573
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
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Arthur Charles Pickett

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11062351 and O-681161
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Harold Treadwell Sheets

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 339th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35374532
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

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Born

Akron, Ohio, USA 8 December 1915

Enlisted

Akron, Ohio, United States 10 August 1942

Other

Evaded before his capture near Bagnere de Luchon, France on 21/4/1944

Bagnere de Luchon, Saint-Aventin, France 20 October 1943 - 21 April 1944

Died

Mechanicsville, New York State, United States 16 October 1995

Buried

Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville, New York, United States

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Updated website address in Bio

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 1017

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1017 / MACR 1017; Snetterton Falcons, pg 59 & 76 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database