Paul Shepard Casey Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 37732 - Lt's Robert A Foster and Paul S Casey Jr.
Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down in B-17 42-29981 Plane ditched in North Sea. All crew rescued. 26-Jul-43. RTD
Pilot of B-17 42-5801, lost on the Bochum mission, 12-Aug-43. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 656.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35046347 / O-795173
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13033792
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 407th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16057077 / O-795206
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16046006
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736431
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell-Lena
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 338th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The mugger
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flak Happy
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron 333rd Bomb Squadron 410th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 12 August 1943
- Date: 26 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
![A bomber crew of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following a mission flying B-17 Flying Fortresses to Wittenberg. A B-17 Flying Fortress (NV-K, serial number 42-29994) is visible in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for Publication 23 Feb 1945' [stamp]. ' News Chronicle Copyright Picture' [stamp]. Printed caption on reverse: 'Crew back from Wittenberg.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379172.jpg.webp?itok=G7D0FciD)
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Peoria, IL | 23 November 1919 | Son of Paul S Snr and Florence Peters Casey. |
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Enlisted |
Peoria, IL | 2 January 1942 | Peoria, Illinois |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 12 August 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Vb. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
20 January 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Peoria, IL | 22 December 2004 | |
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Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Podington | 12 August 1943 | Assigned to 326BS, 92BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
First Federated Columbarium Peoria, Peoria County, IL | First Federated Columbarium Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Sources
Added a connection to Robert A. Foster who he grew up with and was in the same POW camp with.
ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAl_Skiff
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ContributorAAM
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Sources
MACR 656 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
