Malcolm L Gardner

Military
media-47729.jpeg UPL 47729 From Year Book of Class #43-15

From Bombardier year book and Historian of Hobbs Field WWII Training Base

Object Number - UPL 47729 - From Year Book of Class #43-15

Shot down 27 May 1944 in B-24 #42-94951 'War Champ', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-94951

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: War Champ
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chaleston, South Carolina, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 27 May 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

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 Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5261 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 47729 - From Year Book of Class #43-15