John William Drummond

Military
media-41365.jpeg UPL 41365 P-47 Thunderbolt 42-27181 coded 2Z-D and named RAID HOT MAMA and pilot Lt. John W Drummond. White theater recognition cowl band. Drummond became a POW flying this, his assigned P-47 on 26th July 1944. MACR 7484.

Added units, person, place and aircraft to original upload. Source: http://wing.chez-alice.fr/USAAF/405th_FG/Pilots_&_Nose_Arts_510th_FS.ht…

Object Number - UPL 41365 - P-47 Thunderbolt 42-27181 coded 2Z-D and named RAID HOT MAMA and pilot Lt. John W Drummond. White theater recognition cowl band. Drummond became a...

Lt Drummond flew 47 missions with the 510th Fighter Squadron. He was shot down, by flak, near Vive , France on July 26th 1944. He bailed out, his P-47 42-27181, was hit in the engine by flak and it crashed and burned in the village of Gieville, France. Lt Drummond was captured by the Germans and sent to Stalag 1 , in Barth Germany. He was a POW for 10 months, North Compound 2, Barracks 4, Room 2.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Raid hot mama
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group
  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Raid Hot Mama
  • Unit: 405th Fighter Group 510th Fighter Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ninety Six, SC 29 September 1919 Son of James William and Fannie Mae [Smith] Drummond.

Enlisted

Coronaca Aaf, Greenwood, SC 13 January 1941 Coronaca Aaf Greenwood South Carolina

Other

Shot down POW

Gieville, France 26 July 1944

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 26 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Ninety Six, SC 3 September 2016

Buried

Elmwood Cemetery Ninety Six, Greenwood County, SC 6 September 2016 Elmwood Cemetery Ninety Six, Greenwood County, SC

Based

26 July 1944 Assigned to 510FS, 405FG, 9AF USAAF.

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From Robert S. Drummond, son of Senator John W. Drummond

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Lt Drummond flew 47 missions with the 510th Fighter Squadron. He was shot down , by flak, near Vive , France on July 26th 1944. He bailed out, his P47 ( 42-27181), was hit in the engine by flak and it crashed and burned in the village of Gieville, France. Lt Drummond was captured by the Germans and sent to Stalag 1 , in Barth Germany. He was a POW for 10 months, North Compound 2, Barracks 4, Room 2.

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