Cyril Dorsey Conklin

Military

Assigned to 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) ramrod to Ludwigshaven in P-51B 42-106640. Went missing in melee with Me109's. Crashed 20 Miles SW Strasbourg at Luxeuil. 27-May-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5111.



Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.



Post War: Employed in the oil industry, also worked for Helene Curtis, retiring in 1986.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham
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

Krebs, OK 74501, USA 6 March 1923 Son of Charles D and Esther B [McGinnis] Conklin.

Enlisted

Oklahoma City, OK, USA 22 January 1941

Based

Leiston 28 April 1944 - 27 May 1944 Assigned to 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 27 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Baled out

70300 Luxeuil-les-Bains, France 27 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod to Ludwigshaven in P-51B 42-106640. Went missing in melee with Me109s. Crashed 20 Miles SW Strasbourg at Luxeuil. 27-May-44 POW. MACR 5111.

Other

Promotion

8 June 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Peoria, IL, USA 6 March 1999

Buried

705 S Washington St, Naperville, IL 60540, USA 9 March 1999 Naperville Cemetery Naperville, DuPage County, IL

Based

Goxhill 28 April 1944 Assigned to 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.
Pittsburg County, OK, USA

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5111 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database