Daniel M Willis

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed near Leimbach on 11/2/44 in B-17 43-37532

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37532

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Patches N Prayers, The Jokers Wild
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 2 November 1944 - 21 July 1945

Born

Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate record to include information from :
the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
www.457thbombgroup.org/roster/Wnames.html

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10316 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database