Dewayne William Pohl

Military
media-56652.jpeg UPL 56652 Chardi crew. 447BG

Rear L-R :- Chardi (P), Beall (B), Pohl(N), House (CP)
Front: Order unknown - Sgt's Robert Jackson (TG), Ernest Lacross (WG), Ray Sheppard (ENG), John Leonard (WG), James Magruder (BTG)

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 56652 - Chardi crew. 447BG Rear L-R :- Chardi (P), Beall (B), Pohl(N), House (CP) Front: Order unknown - Sgt's Robert Jackson (TG), Ernest Lacross (WG),...

Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by flak and crashed E of Saarbrucken en-route to the target Regensburg on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17 42-31431. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2891



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: Remained in USAF serving in Korea and Vietnam, rising to Lt Colonel.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-742285
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
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

Boone, IA 4 September 1922

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 25 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

13 November 1969

Buried

Greenwood Cemetery Pierson, Woodbury County, IA 16 November 1969 Greenwood Cemetery Pierson, Woodbury County, Iowa

Based

Rattlesden 25 February 1944 Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2891 / MACR 2891, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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