Lawrence Myrell Selanders
Military
Object Number - UPL 60214 - 1st Lt Lawrence M. Selanders
Assigned to 348BS, 99BG, 15AF USAAF.. Failed to Return (FTR) Innsbruck in B-17 42-5832; no.3 engine on fire, run away prop, A/C exploded in mid air, crashed Innsbruck, Germany; MACR 1527 Prisoner of War (POW)
Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: War Bird II
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Garnett, Kansas | 30 April 1920 | Born Garnett, Kansas |
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Died |
4 May 1979 | ||
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Buried |
Garnett Cemetery, Kansas | 7 May 1979 | Interred Garnett Cemetery Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas |
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Prisoner of war |
Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft I |
