Willis Joseph Pozolo

Military

Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Rahmel, Poland in B-17 'Ole Worrybird' 42-102678 hit by flak burst lost 2 engines and fell out of formation, crashed near Gottigen on 11/2/44, Prisoner of War (POW).

MACR 10309.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12122878
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32750758
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39552575
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-817239
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32764784
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ole Worrybird
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Detroit, Wayne County, MI, USA 5 November 1922 Son of Ashiel and Alice Pozolo.

Enlisted

Detroit, MI, USA 14 May 1942 Detroit, Michigan

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 2 November 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Baled out

Osnabrück, Germany 2 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Rahmel, Poland in B-17 'Ole Worrybird' 42-102678 hit by flak burst lost 2 engines and fell out of formation 2-Nov-44 POW. MACR 10309.

Other

Discharged USAAF

10 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

28 May 1981
Detroit, Michigan, USA

Based

Horham 2 November 1944 Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in sources from duplicate record:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Wall of Valor form MACR 10309

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 10309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database