Warren B Dillon
Military
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5134 - The insignia of the 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Shot down in B-17 42-3122 JD-N, APRIL'S FOOL on 25 July 1943. Disabled by enemy action over target; details unknown; crashed in Hamburg, Germany area. NO Missing Air Crew Report found for this aircraft.
Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-60057
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17028219 / O-670124
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: April's Fool
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 25 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Assigned |
Wendover, UT, USA | 11 March 1943 | Assigned to the 384th BG on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, Raymond W. Manning Crew. Six combat missions. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 25 July 1943 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
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Born |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to include details from:
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5434
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey, p.190 ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
