David Allen Hausfeld
Military
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Sgt David Hausfeld, 483BG.
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Assigned to 817BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Dailey crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 24-Mar-45 in B-17 44-8519; shot down by Me262, Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13375
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME (1 x Battle Star).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 817th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Milwaukee, WI | 1 April 1925 | Son of Henry M. and Ellen C. [Peterson] Hausfeld. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 24 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 24-Mar-45 in B-17 44-8519; shot down by Me262, Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13375 |
Died |
Peshtigo, WI | 27 August 2011 | David A. Hausfeld died at home on Saturday, August 27, 2011. He was born April 1, 1925, in Milwaukee, Wis. to Henry and Ellen (Peterson) Hausfeld. David served as a B-17 bombardier for the United States Army Air Corp during World War II and was a POW at Stalag Luft 1 in Stendal near the Baltic Sea in Germany. After the war he worked and retired from Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. He was a former Boy Scout leader and enjoyed the outdoors and hunting. He married the former Alma Ries Correvau in Menominee, Michigan on February 4th. 1960. He is survived by wife of 51 years, nine children; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by one daughter; two sisters and two son-in-laws. Cremation has been accorded. |
Based |
Sterparone | 24 March 1945 | Assigned to 817BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |