Lawrence A Wreyford

Military

Crashed at Neuburg on 9/3/44 in B-17 #43-38144, Prisoner of War (POW).

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38144

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

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)

3 September 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Copied the "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added an Association to “Chelveston”, the home base of the 305th BG.

Added S/N and Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an Association to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 8451 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database