Harry B Churchwell

Military
media-31429.jpeg UPL 31429 Shackeroo!
Churchwell's Dog Tired crew also flew Shackeroo! on rotation
Back Row (L to R): 2nd Lt. H. M. Jones (co-pilot), 2nd Lt. G. R. Skelton (navigator), 2nd Lt. H. B. Churchwell (pilot), unknown (pool bombadier), S/Sgt. W. A. Wolf (left waist gunner), unknown (mission photographer)

Front Row (L to R): S/Sgt. P. F. DeWolf (radioman), S/Sgt. J. J. Caldwell (ball turret gunner), S/Sgt. L. Pearsall (right waist gunner), S/Sgt. W. Arck (tail gunner), S/Sgt. R. W. Fellure (top turret gunner)

Collection of William A. Wolf

Object Number - UPL 31429 - Shackeroo! Churchwell's Dog Tired crew also flew Shackeroo! on rotation Back Row (L to R): 2nd Lt. H. M. Jones (co-pilot), 2nd Lt. G. R. Skelton...

Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-37918 'Dog Tired', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Shackeroo!
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dog Tired
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 333rd Bomb Squadron

Places

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth Germany 11 April 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Updated first name and Rank per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

 

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3861 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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