Donald William Silverstein

Military

Shot down by ME109s and crashed SW of Namur, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 2 March 1944 in B-17G #42-31467 'Sac Hound'. Prisoner of War (POW). Honorably discharged on 17 September 1945.

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Units served with

401st Bomb Group

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

613th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Douglas Martin Conway

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17072159 at enlistment, then O-685775
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Robert Orval Davis

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 13075926 at enlistment, then O-808000
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Seymour Falk

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 17037059
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Hazard Justice

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15340143
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Roger Thomas Leking

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35348050
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

42-31467

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Sac Hound
Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

8th Air Force 244

Date: 2 March 1944

Places

Bomber crews from the 401st Bomb Group look over P-51 Mustang, FT-T, serial number 43-12172, of the 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, at Deenethorpe airfield. One of their B-17 Flying Fortresses is in the background. Printed caption on reverse of print: '...401st Bomb Group look over a North American P-51 Mustang at an 8th Air Force base in England, 27 December 1943.'

Deenethorpe

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Benefield

Events

Event	Date	Description
Enlisted	20 October 1942	as a Private in the Air Corps, in New York City, New York
Other bailed out	2 March 1944	of B-17 42-31467, shot down over Belgium
Other captured	2 March 1944	between Saint Gerard and Maredsous, southwest of Namur, Belgium
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	2 March 1944	Interned at Stalag Luft 4 in Gross Tychow (Tychowo). NARA WWII POW record : "Returned to Military control 12 June 1945."
Born		Massachusetts, the son of Edward and Adga Silverstein
		New York City, New York

Revisions

Date29 Jan 2019 14:25:18

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 2742
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:44

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2742 / MACR 2742, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1214 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database