Brunson W Bolin
Military
UPL 70593
UPL 70593
The crew of the 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lazy Baby" the day after the record-breaking long-distance bombing mission to Eastern Prussia and Pomerania on the 9th of October 1943. Brunson W Bolin is standing to the far right wearing the M41 jacket and the garrison cap.Passed for publication 10 Oct 1943.
Printed caption on reverse: 'Greatest Day Raid. American heavy bombers from Britain yesterday set up a new record for a long-distance raid when they made a round flight of 2,000 miles to bomb Pomerania, Poland and East Prussia ... Gdynia, Anklam, Marienburg and Danzig (Gda?sk) all attacked.' Printed caption also attached: 'O.P.S. This is the crew of the "Lazy Baby", a Flying Fortress that took part in the raid.' Censor no: 287676. On reverse: Daily Sketch Copyright [Stamp]. Roger Freeman Collection
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Correspondence with Brunson W Bolin's son, Tim Bolin.
Object Number - UPL 70593 - The crew of the 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lazy Baby" the day after the record-breaking long-distance bombing mission to...
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30831 'Lazy Baby'. A/C landed in Switzerland, however, Lt. Bolin was ordered by the pilot to bail out and did so after getting the top turret gunner out of the A/C. He was captured by German soldiers but not before being shot at while still in his parachute by a German civilian. He spent the remainder of the war as a Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag III.
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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
- Nicknames: Lazy Baby
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th 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
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 2 October 1943
- Date: 23 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Greenville, SC, USA | 15 February 1924 | Born in Greenville, South Carolina |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 14 October 1943 - 29 June 1945 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
| Atlanta, GA, USA | 3 August 2011 | Hired on with Delta Air Lines in Greenville, SC, 1946, moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1957. Retired from Delta in 1986. |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Additional information provided by T. Bolin as told to by his father Brunson Bolin.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 913 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
