William Mason Blank
MilitaryAssigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-Aug-43 in B-17 42-5860 'Escape Kit', Prisoner of War (POW)
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, EAME, WWII Victory
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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: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729797
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 344
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
7 January 1924 | BornMemphis, Tennessee | |
Enlisted |
30 June 1942 | EnlistedCamp Forrest ,Tennessee | |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
17 August 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag XVIIb, Krems an der Donau, Austria | |
Died |
18 March 2002 | DiedHouston, Texas | |
Buried |
21 March 2002 | InterredForest Park CemeteryHouston, Texas |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 675 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database