Donald Max Childes

Military

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Zietz 30-Nov-44 in B-17 42-107014 'Lucy'; Shot down by flak Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11057





Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19102623 / O-757277
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucy
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 30 November 1944

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

Anderson, Indiana, USA 2 January 1923 Son of Thomas Alvis and Mary Ellen [Walker] Childes.

Enlisted

Baer Field, Fort Wayne, Indiana 12 December 1942 Baer Field, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Other

Baled out POW

Zietz, Germany 30 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Zietz 30-Nov-44 in B-17 42-107014 'Lucy'; Shot down by flak POW MACR 11057

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 30 November 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Urbandale, Polk County, IA 8 May 2014

Buried

Jones Cemetery Muncie, Delaware County, IN 10 May 2014 Jones Cemetery Muncie, Delaware County, IN

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Kimbolton 30 November 1944 Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11057 / MACR 11057; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 326 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database