James Capillos

Military

James Capillos was Tail Gunner on B-17 #42-30816 on the 11 December 1943 mission to Emden, Germany. Was inside the ship when it crash-landed near Warfhuizen, 25km NW of Groningen, Noord Holland, The Netherlands. Captured and made a Prisoner of War (POW).

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People

Forrest V Poore

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14076842 at enlistment, then O-797601
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Linn Carter Stuckenbruck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19097663 at enlistment, then O-735000
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

John Richard Ward

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802285
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Alva McLeon Woodall

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 551st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14083140
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

23 January 1942 Boston, Massachusetts

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

11 December 1943 NARA WWII POW record : “Interned at Stalag XVIIB in Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. Returned to Military Control ‘25 February 1946’”.

Born

Massachusetts, United States
Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
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Sources

The name is Capillos !
MACR 1664
NARA WWII enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Dutch page at http://zuurdiek.nl/1943-vliegend-fort-mary-ellen-iii-neergestort/

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1664 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database