Don C Rich
MilitaryAssociations made using information in the photo's caption.
He was assigned to Willard Lockyear crew. Reported to the ETO in June 1943.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30779. POW at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11.
POW
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Died |
18 February 1993 | ||
Born |
Utah | ||
Buried |
Ogden, Utah | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 14 October 1943 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 815 / MACR 815, First Over Germany pg 168, Combat Crews pg. 59 & 63, Russell Strong Index Cards, 306th BGA Collection, / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…