Verden D Swank

Military
media-36995.jpeg UPL 36995 "Lt. Elder and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 10 February 1944."

Rear L-R: 1Lt Damon C Elder, 2Lt James D Moody, 2Lt Samuel Minkowitz, Capt Charles C Armstrong

Front L-R: T/Sgt David L Wilson, S/Sgt Verden D Swank, T/Sgt Daniel F Gilmore, S/Sgt Mario Garcia, Sgt Norman M Clark, S/Sgt Frank J Mirenda

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Object Number - UPL 36995 - "Lt. Elder and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 10 February 1944." Rear L-R: 1Lt...

Shot down by fighters prior to the IP and crashed WSW of Dinant, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 2 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-97509 'Old Hickory'. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

Damon C Elder

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13086025 / O-803956
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-97509

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Hickory
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Benjamin, Harrison, IN 15 September 1942 Fort Benjamin, Harrison, IN

Other

Baled out POW

Dinant, Belgium 2 March 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt am Main in B-17 42-97509; Shot down, baled out vicinity Dinant, Belgium. POW. MACR 2864

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 2 March 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Born

Bremen, IN Son of Ervin W and Gladys Belle [Chambers] Swank.

Based

Molesworth 2 March 1944 Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2864 / MACR 2864, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Verden D Swank: Gallery (2 items)

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