Daniel Shapiro

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Julich on 10 Jan 45 in B-17 'Old Patch' #4338132. He was wounded and taken to a German hospital. In June 1988 he and the ball turret gunner Richard Lynde re-united in Brentwood CA. Daniel died March 7 2002.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

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

People

Ellington Wendell Wiltshire

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-552861
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

43-38132

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Patch
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Stalag XI-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 357, Stalag XI-D

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Los Angeles, California, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 10 January 1945

Revisions

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490th BG Bombs Away March 2003

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490th BG AF news October 1988

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11588 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database