Emil Michael Sabol

Military

Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin, battle damaged - crashed near Kustrin on 18-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38014 'Naughty Virgin' Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13146



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

People

Roy Oeland McCaldin

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18073673 / O-555298
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-38014

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Naughty Virgin
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group flies over Berlin during a mission. 18 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18/3/45 Berlin.'

894

  • Date: 18 March 1945

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Ironwood, Michigan, USA 6 May 1924 Son of Anna Sabol.

Enlisted

Eau Claire, WI 15 December 1942 Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Other

Baled out POW

Berlin, Germany 18 March 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin, battle damaged - crashed near Kustrin on 18-Mar-45 in B-17 43-38014 'Naughty Virgin' POW MACR 13146

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 18 March 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

25 February 2019

Buried

Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, OR 28 February 2019 Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Chelveston 18 March 1945 Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.
Gogebic County, MI

Revisions

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197471235/emil-m-sabol

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self/ MACR 13146

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Added "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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Sources

MACR 13146 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database