Dwight E Suddock

Military

Shot down 27 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31975 'Queen Of the Air', Prisoner of War (POW). He and Bill Stroh were the only two who successfully parachuted out of "Queen of the Air" and lived for many years after the war. Dwight married Grace Ann Brainard and died in his hometown of Emporia, Kansas in 1995.



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.

351st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31975

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen of the air
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron

Places

Buchenwald

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Emporia, Kansas 5 August 1921

Died

Emporia, Kansas, USA 6 September 1995 Suddock successfully bailed out and survived the crash. He evaded the scene but was taken prisoner and interned at Fresnes (France), then was one of 168 aviators deported to Buchenwald on 15 August 1944 and finally to Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Poland.

Revisions

Date
ContributorDricharlo
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Sources

Entered death record by Rick Graham at the request of Steve Norquest.

Date
ContributorNorky
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Sources

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63471903/dwight-e-suddock : accessed 21 October 2021), memorial page for Dwight E. Suddock (5 Aug 1921–6 Sep 1995), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63471903, citing Americus Cemetery, Americus, Lyon County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by delkan (contributor 47305824) .

Date
ContributorNorky
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63471903/dwight-e-suddock : accessed 21 October 2021), memorial page for Dwight E. Suddock (5 Aug 1921–6 Sep 1995), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63471903, citing Americus Cemetery, Americus, Lyon County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by delkan (contributor 47305824) .

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Contributorjmoore43
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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.
Added an association to the A/C #42-31975 listed in the "Summary biography".

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5331