Donald W Merchant
Military
Back row, left to right: Donald Merchant (Pilot), James Sullivan (co-pilot), Ernest Keith, (Navigator), Leonard Roman (bombardier), Robert Tonge (Ball Turret Gunner).
Front row: left to right: Edgar Van Valkenburg (waist gunner), Gene Hecht (Top turret gunner), Johannes Johnson (Radio Operator), Harold Ridgely (Waist Gunner), John Wierzbanowski (tail gunner)
Michel Beckers WW2CRASHSITERESEARCH
Object Number - UPL 36642 - Lt Donald William Merchant, Pilot of B17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30191) nicknamed "The Belovich" of the 379th Bomb Group, and his crew....
Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30191 'The Bolevich', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Jamestown, North Dakota, USA | ||
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 17 August 1943 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1765 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
