Walter Pawlesh Jr

Military

Crippled by flak and fighters on a mission to Brunswick, Germany on 23 Mar 1944, B-17G 42-31745 'Heaven Can Wait' made an emergency landing near Wildeshausen/Oldenburg, Germany. Captured 28 March 1944. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag 17B.



AM/ PH w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ POW/ WW II VM/ EAME w/ battle star/ American Defense Ribbon/ Unit Citation w/ 2 Oak Leaf Cluster/ GC

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31745

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 18 June 1923

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Austria 23 March 1944 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, MACR 3595, Silent Heroes Among Us ISBN 1-884687-07-5 Interview pp. 122-126., Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces