Prevost Marshall

Military

Arrived in England in July 1943. Shot down on 10th mission over Hamm (Ruhr) on 22 April 1922 in B-17 #42-40000 "Just Nothing". Prisoner of War (POW).

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John W Ryan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-750255
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Fred Allen Snavely

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13021884
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Leonard Joseph Sterle

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15329424
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Jay Harold Suldan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-809758
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Charles Elmer Williams

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18201511
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Anderson, South Carolina 20 June 1918

Enlisted

25 June 1941

Other

Prisoner of War

22 April 1944 Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 12 June 1945.”

Died

1 March 2010
Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina

Revisions

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Frank Scorsune was not on board 42-40000 when it was lost

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MACR 4259
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, MACR 4259