George E Bradley

Military

POW at Stalag Luft 4

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Units served with

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-5287) of the 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force in flight with open bomb bay doors. Handwritten caption on reverse: '463 BG Gills.'

463rd Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 8 July 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16
Sherman, TX, USA Hometown of record

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributormvandemark
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Sources

15th AF Primary Source Documents. NARA POW records

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=GP24&t…