Paul Hubert Cheek
MilitaryShot down by flak and crashed NW of St Pol, FR on a mission to Frankfurt, GR on 20 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31153 'Captain Joe'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Shot down on his second mission over Germany, crash landed in Northern France. He was a prisoner of war for 13 months at Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Germany.
He was honorably discharged in 1945 as a First Lieutenant.
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Captain joe
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Saxapahaw, NC 27253, USA | 1 December 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Wake Forest, NC 27587, USA | 8 May 1942 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
France | 20 March 1944 - 7 April 1945 | Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11) |
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Died |
Elon, NC, USA | 2 May 2017 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3542 / MACR 3542, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database