Vincent W DeVos

Military

Shot down 29 July 1943 in B-17 #42-5826 'Jeravad Une Petite Peu', Prisoner of War (POW).

Connections

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-5826

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: JERAVAD Une Petite Peu
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

22 June 1997

Born

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 29 July 1943 Interned in POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

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).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Corrected the name by moving "De" from the middle name field to the surname field.

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 122;
- First Over Germany pg. 147

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 122 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database