William H Churchill Jr

Military

Shot down 13 May 1944 in B-17 #42-107082, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

Danish civillians inspect the wreckage of a crashed B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-107082) of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'St Heddinge 13th May 1944 at 18:30 Hrs. 8th AAF, 1st Air Division, 41st Combat Wing, 379th Bombardment Group, Squadron?.'

42-107082

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lassie Come Home
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 13 May 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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MACR 4931 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database