Charles L Sulzinski

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Elsehenau on 9/12/44 in B-17 Belle of the Blue #42102503



POW

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-102503) of the 306th Bomb Group.

42-102503

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Belle of the Blue
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lancaster, Ohio, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 12 September 1944 Was originally listed as missing in action and declared dead by the war department. Later found by the Red Cross in A Nazi P.O.W camp.

Revisions

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ContributorDskorcik
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Sources

I am his granddaughter. My mother is Charlene Sulzinski. I remember looking through the scrapbook as a small child. Seeing the telegraph that was sent to my great Aunt saying he was dead, then several months later the one saying he was alive. I wanted that part of the story to be known.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8835 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database