Richard Truxell
Military
Added connections to airmen's records
Object Number - UPL 31835 - CREW OF THE BUCKEYE BABY: WILLIAM SHACKELFORD "SHACK"; GEORGE SHULLO "SHULLO"; JAMES M. RUSH "JIM"; WILLIAM SCANLON "BUD"; MARVIN LUCKFELD...
Shot down by fighters and crashed at Dreilingen on 8/24/44 in B-17 #42-97344, Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Carrie B II
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Rockville Centre, New York, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 24 August 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8203 / MACR 8203,
href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1886">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1886> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
