Nicholas R Sidovar

Military

Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-95304; hit by fighters and with one engine shut down, but unable to feather it, last contacted over Bratislavia, Czech via radio. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10701





Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory.



Post war: Ordained.

Connections

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'

461st Bomb Group

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

People

Hal Daniel Draper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19070030 / O-776885
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-95304

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
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

Torretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Alpha, NJ 20 October 1920 Son of William Sidovar.

Other

Baled out POW

17 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-95304; shot down by fighters POW MACR 10701

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 17 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Austin, TX 24 March 1995

Buried

Oakwood Cemetery Austin, Travis County, TX 27 March 1995 Oakwood Cemetery Austin, Travis County, TX

Based

Torretta 17 December 1944 Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.

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https://www.461bg.org/sidovar-nicholas-s3998-461bg.cfm
http://www.461st.org/Crews/766th%20Crews/sidovar.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69670122/nicholas-r-sidovar