David Byrd Penley
MilitaryAssigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Bochum, Germany in B-17 42-5801 12-Aug-43; A/C belly landed, remained aboard as wounded. Wounded in Action (WIA) Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 656
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16052088 / O-792103
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Happy
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Trion, GA | 10 September 1921 | Son of Lee Roy and Sallie W [Byrd] Penley. |
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Other Wounded in Action (WIA) |
Rotterdam | 12 August 1943 | Hospitalised for 2 months, due to leg wound. |
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Died |
DeKalb County, GA | 10 September 1985 | |
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Based |
Podington | 12 August 1943 | Assigned to 327BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. | |
| Rome, GA |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 656 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database