Donald Stephan Vandertill

Military

Assigned to 863BS, 493BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on 21st mission over Sudwigshaven on 13-Sep-44. Prisoner of War (POW) until May 1945. Plane was B-17 43-38225.

Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, GC, EAME (4BS), American Campaign, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38225

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Royal Oak, Michigan 1 May 1920 Born Royal Oak, Michigan

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of war (POW)

Stalag Luft I, Barth Germany 13 August 1944 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of war (POW) Stalag Luft I

Died

25 June 2001

Buried

Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina 28 June 2001 Interred Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php