Walter James Collyer Jr
Military
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Object Number - UPL 19589 - Flying Fortress B-17G 42-102700 "I'll Get By" 412th BS, 95th BG, 8AF USAAF. Photo includes; Oscar Walrod, Frank Sohm, Donald Phillips, Barney Lipkin,...
Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Tail Gunner B-17 "I'll Get By" 42-102700, Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux on 2-Aug-44, Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7701
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: I'll Get By
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York, USA | 19 September 1925 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 2 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Shot down |
14100 Lisieux, France | 2 August 1944 | Shot down by flak and crashed near Lisieux on 2-Aug-44, Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Died |
16 January 2001 | ||
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Buried |
Rocky Branch Cemetery, Rocky Branch, Union Parish, LA | 19 January 2001 | Rocky Branch Cemetery Rocky Branch, Union Parish, Louisiana |
| Brooklyn, NY, USA | |||
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Based |
Horham | 2 August 1944 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Removed the "Possible DUPLICATE" flag in the Nickname field and then removed the duplicate person.
Copied "Born event" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.
Removed the "Possible DUPLICATE" flag in the Nickname field and then removed the duplicate person.
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
MACR 7701 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
