Delmar Taft Spivey
Military
On the left is Col. Charles G. Goodrich. Officiating next to him is "Padre Mac", Murdo Ewen Macdonald (Scottish Chaplain of the 1st Parachute Brigade, captured in North Africa in November 1942). The men standing near the coffin are, from left to right 1st Lt. Milton M. Stenstrom, Col. Delmar T. Spivey, Lt. Col. Albert P. Clark and Maj. Clermont E. Wheeler. All these men were detained at Stalag Luft 3.
Added burial photo (3)
Object Number - UPL 17524 - The burial of Lt Ewart Sconiers' at the Lubin municipal cemetery on 27 January 1944. On the left is Col. Charles G. Goodrich. Officiating next to...
Shot down 12 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30081 'USS Aliquippa', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Gatesville, North Carolina, USA | 9 August 1904 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 12 August 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
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Died |
Largo, Florida, USA | 18 January 1982 | (aged 76) |
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Buried |
West Point, Orange County, New York, USA | 15 June 1982 | United States Military Academy Post Cemetery Section XVI, Row E, Site 100 |
Revisions
Added buried date to the Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 132863031.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132863031/delmar-taft-spivey
Updated Rank, Middle name and Nickname and Added Born, Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 132863031.
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 655 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 655
