Valentine William Bollwerk
Military
Object Number - UPL 25197 - Major Val W Bollwerk HQ Sqn 55FG, 8AF.
Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Strafing a marshaling yard, hit in the port engine and belly landed near Amiens on 11-Jun-44 in P-38 42-104396. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 5575.
Awards: DFC, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME, UN and Korean medals.
Post war: Remained in USAF serving in Korean and Vietnam wars, rising to Lt Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
20 March 1918 | Son of Val J and Frances J [Binz] Bollwerk. | |
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Other Crashed |
Zanderij, Suriname | 5 January 1942 | Taxiing Accident Zandery Field, SUR Cat 4 damage 2Lt Val W Bollwerk, 5-Jan-42. P-40C 41-13411 - 43PS 26FtrCmd |
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Other Crashed |
Guyana | 16 January 1942 | Take Off Accident Atkinson Field, British Guyana Cat 3 damage 2Lt Val W Bollwerk, 16-Jan-42. P-40C 41-13432 - 43PS 16PG. |
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Other Crashed |
Zanderij, Suriname | 8 August 1942 | Taxiing Accident 5 miles West Zandery, SUR Cat 3 damage 2Lt Val W Bollwerk, 8-Aug-42. P-40C 41-13411 43FS |
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Other Transferred |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | 11 April 1944 - 11 June 1944 | Transferred to HQ Sqn, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 11 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Shot down |
Amiens, France | 11 June 1944 | Crashed near Amiens on 11-Jun-44 in P-38 42-104396 Hit by flak. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 5575. |
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Died |
Reseda, Los Angeles, CA, USA | 11 March 2000 | |
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Buried |
12 April 2000 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA | |
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Other Promoted |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | Promoted to Major. | |
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Based |
Wormingford | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Saint Louis, MO, USA | |||
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Enlisted |
Missouri, USA | Missouri |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 5575 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia /
