William Roscoe Sink
MilitaryAssigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24 41-28611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium. Evaded (EVD) subsequently Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3339
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Castine, OH | 17 June 1921 | Son of Leroy R and Laura Alice [Brown] Sink. |
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Other Bailed out |
Arendonk, Belgium | 9 March 1944 | Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24 41-28611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium. |
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Other Evaded / arrested |
Belgium | 9 March 1944 - 10 July 1944 | Picked up by police with various currency and forged ID papers. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 10 July 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Dayton, OH | 24 November 1972 | |
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Buried |
Castine Cemetery, Castine, Darke County, OH | 27 November 1972 | Castine Cemetery Castine, Darke County, Ohio |
| West Manchester, Ohio, USA | |||
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Based |
Seething | 9 March 1944 | Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Lived in Westd Manchester, Monroe Twp, Preble County, Ohio in 1940 according to 1940 US Federal Census Record:
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2442&h=38308803&indiv=…
I'm doing research on William Roscoe Sink and noticed that his serial number contains an error. The correct number is 15200229 as it appears on his Enlistment Record available at Fold3:
https://www.fold3.com/record/84227316-william-r-sink?terms=sink,%20will…
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3339 / MACR 3339, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database