Warren F Tryloff

Military

Shot down on 12 Sept 1944. Flying in the lead squadron of the lead group was hit three times by flak at 1126hrs. First flak hit was in the cockpit, setting the area on fire and causing hydraulic and oxygen failure at 27,000ft. And crew were ordered to bail out. Plane crashed 12 miles north-east of Berlin. This was his first mission and his pilot was Maj. Robert Farwell. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft I.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-417949
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14129094
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer; Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6919468
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38366554
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-551850
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

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Born

Mount Clemens, Michigan 24 January 1922

Other

Prisoner of war

Germany 12 August 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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The 306th Bomb Group unit history .

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 8828;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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ContributorAAM
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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition, MACR 8828, First Over Germany pg. 275, 306th BGA Colletion, Russell Strong Index Cards, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…