Vaud V Ames

Military
media-22666.jpeg UPL 22666 2nd Lt Vaud V Ames 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Object Number - UPL 22666 - 2nd Lt Vaud V Ames 383FS, 364FG, 8AF USAAF.

Assigned to 383FS, 364FG,AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort mission to Troyes. Shot down by Fw190 of 3/JG2, abandoned P-38J 42-67222. A/C Crashed near Ramboulet. 25-May-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5272.



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 364th Fighter Group 383rd Fighter Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Aerial photography of Honington airfield looking south, the technical site with four C-type hangars and bomb dump are at the top, 21 June 1946. Photograph taken by No. 540 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/1589. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: RAF Honington
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

16 November 1922 Son of Vaud Thomas and Tilda M Ames.

Enlisted

Peoria, IL, USA 17 January 1941 Peoria, Illinois

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 25 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Shot down

78120 Rambouillet, France 25 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort mission to Troyes. Shot down by Fw190 of 3/JG2, abandoned P-38J 42-67222. A/C Crashed near Ramboulet. 25-May-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5272.

Died

Illinois, USA 31 January 2002
Havana, IL, USA

Buried

Houston National Cemetery Houston Harris County TX Houston National Cemetery Houston Harris County Texas, USA.

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5272 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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