Eli Theriault
MilitaryShot down 18 April 1944 in B-17 #42-37852 'Payoff'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32730603
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19032204
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32384947
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
21 October 1920 | Fort Kent, Maine | |
Enlisted |
4 August 1942 | Hartford, Connecticut | |
Other Prisoner of War |
Zagan, Poland | 18 April 1944 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland; force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there on 29 April 1945 by US troops. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 17 July 1945." |
New London, New London County, Connecticut |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added the location of the POW event. Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4157 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database