Herschel William Dodd
Military
Object Number - UPL 40807 - T/Sgt Herschel W. Dodd
Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. 23 x combat missions. Took part in Operation Tidal Wave, the raid on Ploesti on 1-Aug-43, flying aboard B-24 41-23722 'Bomerang'. Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 42-63982 'Jack Frost'; Hit by flak, spun down and exploded. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2190
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14062779 / O-668185
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 328th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
7 October 1920 | Son of Herschel Dodd. | |
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Enlisted |
22 December 1941 | Washington District Of Columbia | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
22 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. | |
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Other Baled out POW |
22 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 42-63982 'Jack Frost'; Hit by flak, spun down and exploded. POW MACR 2190 | |
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Died |
2 March 2016 | ||
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Buried |
14 March 2016 | Maryland Veterans Cemetery Cheltenham, Prince George's County, MD | |
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Born |
Husband of Zoe Ruth Dodd. | ||
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Based |
22 December 1943 | Assigned to 328BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2190 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
