King Milton Weldon
MilitaryAssigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 569BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Chemnitz in B-17 43-39079 14-Feb-45; downed by flak near Wiesbaden. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12350
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-768507
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Rusk, TX | 12 December 1925 | Son of Ernest G and Martha L [King] Weldon. |
Enlisted |
San Antonio, TX | 9 September 1943 | San Antonio, Texas |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 14 February 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Baled out POW |
Wiesbaden, Germany | 14 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Chemnitz in B-17 43-39079 14-Feb-45; downed by flak near Wiesbaden. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12350 |
Died |
Corpus Christi, TX | 29 July 1967 | |
Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | Assigned to 418BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Based |
Framlingham | 14 February 1945 | Transferred to 569BS, 390BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Seaside Memorial Park Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX | Seaside Memorial Park Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12350 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database