Rhienholdt Strecker

Military

Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 'Jeanie' 44-8501; A/C crashed near Pulheim on 6-Jan-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11568



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-760975
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jeanie
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Windsor Weld, CO 28 November 1919

Enlisted

Portland, OR 17 June 1943 Portland, Oregon

Other

Baled out POW

Pulheim, Germany 6 January 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Cologne in B-17 'Jeanie' 44-8501; A/C crashed near Pulheim on 6-Jan-45 POW MACR 11568

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 6 January 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.
Portland, OR

Based

Bassingbourn 6 January 1945 Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11568