Billy Dorwin Humphreys
MilitaryAssigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna 16-Jul-44; hit by flak over target, crashed Vienna; Prisoner Of War (POW) MACR 6825.
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: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20848493 / O-725730
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Clayton, MO | 15 October 1921 | Son of Elmer C Humphreys. |
Enlisted |
Jefferson Barracks, MO | 10 April 1942 | |
Other Baled out POW |
Vienna, Austria | 16 July 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna 16-Jul-44; hit by flak over target, crashed Vienna; Prisoner Of War (POW) MACR 6825. |
Other Prisoner Of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 16 July 1944 | Prisoner Of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
Gainsville, FL | 21 August 1986 | |
Based |
Amendola | 16 July 1944 | Assigned 342BS, 97BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Keystone Heights Cemetery, FL | Keystone Heights Cemetery Keystone Heights, Clay County, FL |