Bedford Bruce Candler
Military
Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Air Crew Report #838.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735151
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Vineland, New Jersey | 20 November 1923 | |
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Other Assigned |
3 September 1943 | Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #88 dated 3 September 1943, Walter Gordon Williams Crew (as BELFORD B CNADIER - correction not located). Four combat missions | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Germany | 14 October 1943 | POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
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Died |
Vineland, NJ, USA | 16 August 2007 | Burial: Cumberland County Veterans Cemetery Bridgeton Cumberland County New Jersey, USA |
Revisions
http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=614
2015-07-18, Combined with records from MACR 838 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=candler&GSfn=belf…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 838
