Eugene Gillette Gwyer

Military

Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Paris mission in B-17 42-5146; Shot down 4-Apr-43 Lery, France. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 15543

Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

305th Bomb Group

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

422nd Bomb Squadron

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

People

Raymond M Rahner

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-5146

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

Places

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Dulag Luft 12

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft III

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	New Jersey	9 August 1915	Son of Willett Hamilton Gwyer.
Enlisted	Newark, NJ	23 December 1941	Newark, New Jersey
Other Baled out POW	Lery, France	4 April 1943	Failed to Return (FTR) Paris mission in B-17 42-5146; Shot down 4-Apr-43 Lery, France. POW MACR 15543
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Zagan, Poland	4 April 1943	Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.
Other Discharged USAAF		5 February 1946	Honourable discharge.
Died	Grosse Pointe, MI	24 May 1987
Based Prisoner of War (POW)	Chelveston	4 April 1943	Assigned to 422BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date26 Nov 2019 23:23:46

ContributorAl_Skiff

Changes

Sources

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https://www.fold3.com/record/5623995-eugene-gwyer
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Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:24

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15543 / MACR 155433, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p 99, NARA web site / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database