Albert Emmett Sewald
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Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew on Robert Hoyt crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Emden in B-17 42-31078 11-Dec-43; hit by flak, crashed into sea off Emden. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1574
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735789
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-672857
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 23 December 1923 | Son of Mathew and Anna [Sotosek] Sewald. |
Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA | 10 August 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Based |
Thurleigh | 15 July 1943 - 11 December 1943 | Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Baled out POW |
North Sea of Emden | 11 December 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Emden in B-17 42-31078 11-Dec-43; hit by flak, crashed into sea off Emden. POW MACR 1574 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 11 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
16 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Enlisted |
3 May 1951 | ||
Other Discharged USAF |
19 January 1952 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Carlsbad, NM | 10 September 1993 | |
Buried |
Sunset View Cemetery Penn Hills, Allegheny County, PA | 13 September 1993 | Sunset View Cemetery Penn Hills, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 1574, NARA, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, First Over Germany pg. 181, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…