Curtis Leeroy Dunlap
MilitaryAssigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Reported to the ETO on 8-Aug-43. Flew on Sharkey crew. Crash landed in B-17 42-5889 'Liberty Belle' on return from mission to Poland 10-Aug-43. 10 x RTD.
Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven mission 3-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31056; crew baled out due to runaway engine. Prisoner of War (POW), MACR 2494.
Awards: AM (3OLC), 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734005
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-745990
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fort Worth, Stephens County, TX | 20 January 1912 | Step Father - Walter M Mosley. NoK: Brother John residing Stockton, California |
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Enlisted |
Abilene, TX | 23 November 1942 | Abilene, Texas |
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Other Baled out POW |
West of Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 3 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven mission 3-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31056; crew baled out due to runaway engine. POW MACR 2494 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 3 February 1944 | Stalag Luft I Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12. |
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Died |
Oklahoma City, OK | 15 October 1988 | |
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Buried |
Rose Hill Burial Park Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK | 19 October 1998 | Rose Hill Burial Park Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Thurleigh | 3 February 1944 | Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Breckenridge, TX | Employed by Lou Clancy's Orchestra. Grove Night Club, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. | ||
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Other Discharged |
Honourable discharge. |
Revisions
Added some punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2494 / MACR 2494, 8th AF Losses, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop and Hey pp. 320, First Over Germany pg. 166 & 200, NARA, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…
