Donald Joseph Bevan

Military
media-41033.jpeg UPL 41033 Caricature of Dad Bernard Tuvmnan. POW's would trade rations in Red Cross parcels for services. This caricature was drawn by Don Bevan, also a POW at Stalag XVII and he also co-wrote the play Stalag XVII. Bernard Tuvman Collection

Re-loaded the image to correct the orientation. Associated Don Bevan, 306th Bomb Group who drew this image
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Object Number - UPL 41033 - Caricature of Dad Bernard Tuvmnan. POW's would trade rations in Red Cross parcels for services. This caricature was drawn by Don Bevan, also a POW...

Shot down 17 April 1943 in B-17 #42-29631 'Unmentionable'. Crashed at Wiesens, Germany after attacks by waves of German fighters while flying as part of the lead squadron targeting Bremen. Warren and TTG were killed, but other crew members survived and became Prisoner of War (POW)s. This mission was particularly hard on the 306th. Bevan was imprisoned at Stalag 17B. He later used these experiences to write 'Stalag 17' the smash Broadway hit

of prison camp life.

POW

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

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

People

Bernard Morris Tuvman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11008804
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-29631

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Unmentionable
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Holyoke, Massachusetts 16 January 1920

Other

Prisoner of War

Austria 17 April 1943 - 26 June 1945 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Died

29 May 2013 Studio City, Los Angeles County, California

Buried

Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California

Revisions

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ContributorHelen
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306th Echoes July 1993

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorEmily
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Brought together information from duplicate record to include information from MACR 15444 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Additional information from POW Record

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Contributorjmoore43
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Find-a-grave Memorial # 113142158.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Find-a-grave MEMORIAL # 113142158.

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ContributorAAM
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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition;  MACR 15444,  Losses of the 8th and 9th Air Forces Volume I by Bishop and Hey p. 46, 107, Fame's Favored Few p. 90, NARA Pow, Combat Crews pg. 146 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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Object number: UPL 41033 - Caricature of Dad Bernard Tuvmnan. POW's would...