Henry Fred Berwaldt

Military

Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Emden in B-17 42-30415 'Lucky Lady' 11-Dec-43; shot down by enemy aircraft, crashed Orvelte, Holland. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1257



Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

People

Joseph H Fishbein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-807908
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Arthur Ralph Jungwirth

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16126996
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aloysius C Lepkosky

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33247588
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Photographer

Theodore Reginald Nardone

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15080186 / O-741282
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

John Patrick Narducci

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37300146
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30415) nicknamed "Lucky Lady" of the 94th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Nov. 1943. Source - G. Weckbacher. 94BG, Bury St. Edmunds, White Sq. Yellow A, should be Blue. Yellow O.'

42-30415

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sugar Puss III, Lucky Lady
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
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

Munson, PA 25 December 1922

Enlisted

Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH 16 June 1941 Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 11 December 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Cllalam Bay, Washington 27 December 2000

Based

Bury St Edmunds 11 December 1943 Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, King County, WA Tahoma National Cemetery Kent, King County, Washington

Revisions

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Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/34298309:60901?tid=&p…
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2452876:6716?tid=&pid…

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https://www.fold3.com/image/28684644
https://www.fold3.com/record/84139132/henry-f-berwaldt-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67513151/henry-fred-berwaldt

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1257 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database