Garlan R Gillespie

Military

Shot down in B-17G 42-31702 while serving as Radio Operator. Aircraft took a direct hit by flak and crashed at Burgwerben, Germany.



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

42-31702

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychów, Poland 16 August 1944 - 12 June 1945 Held at Stalag Luft 4, Groos-Tychow, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 12-Jun-45

Born

Westwood, California, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 13-Dec-2014. Added SN per and crafted biography per MACR 7902; added description and map location to POW event per National Archives Records Adminsitration (NARA) WWII POW database; made connections to Decorations, Place and Mission within existing website data.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7902 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database