Walter R Froehlich

Military

Collided with another aircraft 42-102457 and crashed at Woessingen, near Pforzheim, Germany on 27 May 1944 in B-17 #42102561. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-102480

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Boots II
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

42-102561

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 27 May 1944

Born

Los Angeles, California, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=66381

Combat Chronology; Snetterton Falcons, pg 134 & 149 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5164 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database