Raymond Arthur Kader

Military

Assigned to 838BS, 487BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed at Bitburg on 29-Dec-44 in B-17 43-38169 'Sweat Box'. Prisoner of War (POW)

 

Awards: AM, PH, POW,  American Campaign, EAME (3BS), WWII Victory, Meritorious Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-107188

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Ramp Rooster
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron 836th 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bay City, Michigan 8 December 1922 Born Bay City, Michigan

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of War (POW)

Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany 29 December 1944 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft I

Died

Clearwater, Florida 20 August 2000 Died Clearwater, Florida

Buried

Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park Clearwater, Florida Interred Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park Clearwater, Florida

Revisions

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 11374 '
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son, Art Kader MACR 11374