Randle E Nettles
MilitaryShot down 4 March 1943 in B-17F #42-5370, 91BG/324BS while serving as Engineer/Top Turret Gunner. The aircraft was shot down by enemy aircraft and crashed near Texel Island, Holland, but TSGT Nettles was able to parachute to safety and was captured as a Prisoner of War (POW) All other crew members died.
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 4 March 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag 17b, Braunau am Inn, Austria | 4 March 1943 - 10 August 1945 | Technical Sergeant Randle Nettles from Georgia was taken to Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf near Krems Austria. See WWII POWs. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 10-Aug-45 |
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Died |
Centerville, GA, USA | 8 November 2000 | |
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Born |
Washington DC | ||
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Buried/ Commemorated |
Magnolia Park Cemetery, 205 South Pleasant Hill Road, Warner Robins, GA 31088, USA |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Lee Cunningham 25-Jun-2015. Added decoration and POW location per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added A/C model letter and corrected TN per MACR 16102 added cre prosition loss details to Summary Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
POW details updated from:
http://www.airmen.dk
Death and Burial details update from:
http://www.findagrave.com
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16102 / MACR 16102, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p 88, The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourne by Havelaar Appendix 4 Roll of Honor, The 91st Bomb Group by Burdick p. 113, NARA POW data base / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database