Warren Gameliel Thaxton

Military

Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Emden in B-17 42-30415 'Lucky Lady' 11-Dec-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Orvelte, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1257



Awards: BSM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: Remained in USAF, serving in Korean and Vietnam conflicts.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Henry Fred Berwaldt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15019686 / O-796766
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30415) nicknamed "Lucky Lady" of the 94th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Nov. 1943. Source - G. Weckbacher. 94BG, Bury St. Edmunds, White Sq. Yellow A, should be Blue. Yellow O.'

42-30415

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sugar Puss III, Lucky Lady
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag XVII-B

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kanawha County, WV 23 June 1921 Son of James Avill and Naomi [McClanahan] Thaxton.

Enlisted

7 October 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krems an der Donau, Austria 11 December 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb.

Other

Discharged USAAF

30 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Other

Discharged USAF

24 July 1962 Honourable discharge.

Died

30 June 2000

Buried

Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery Madison, Jefferson County, IN 12 October 2000 Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1257 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database