Gil H Menendez

Military

14 missions over Germany. Shot down 6 November 1944 in A/C #42-97330, Hamburg. Injuries: fractured legs, back, etc. Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. Plane was 'Chug-a-Lug IV'



PH/ POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.

381st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97330

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Chug-a-lug iv
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

6 November 1944 Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.

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GENERAL ORDER #514, HEADQUARTERS 1ST BOMBARDMENT DIVISION, by Brigadier General Turner, 10 November 1944.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10154 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 10154