William Jay Dolgin
MilitaryShot down 1 December 1943 in B-24 #42-7544. Plane crashed near Passendale, Belgium. Missing Air Crew Report- MACR 1382. Initially evaded. Captured Antwerp railroad station 25 March 1944 in a trap set by a false evasion line. Prisoner of War (POW). See the story of his evasion and capture at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fdolginwj.html
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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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19063053 and O-677193
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37377434
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35318190
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Assistant Radio Operator/Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-678629
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33368743
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Seed of Satan II
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
MACR 1382.
Personal research for his page at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fdolginwj.html
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1382 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database