Bruce H Ey
MilitaryCrashed at Liepe on 10/6/44 in B-17 #43-37548, Prisoner of War (POW). He later recounted the story of that fateful mission when they were hit by some 70 enemy fighters coming out of the sun. Their B-17 'Hell's Bells' was set on fire and the surviving crew bailed out. Bruce Ey was commissioned after the war retiring in 1971 with the rank of Lt. Colonel after 28 years service.
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bridgeport, Connecticut | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 6 October 1944 | Interned In POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9517 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database