Rollin E Gater

Military

Shot down 31 December 1943 in B-17 #42-29895 "Black Swan". Initially evaded, then made a Prisoner of War (POW).

Connections

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Units served with

324th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

91st Bomb Group

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

People

Porter Dudley Clemens

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19122414
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Warren L Ellis

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-750185
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Richard George Hensley

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 6569055
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Larry C Hull

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 12126905
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Abraham Roke Lieberman

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 33325292
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-29895

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: The Black Swan
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-B, serial number 42-37779) nicknamed "Pistol Packin' Mama", of the 91st Bomb Group in flight during a mission over France, 14 January 1944.

61036 AC - (A)- Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" of the 91st Bomb Gp. 8th AF, enroute to bomb target at Croisette, France. 1/14/44. (Altitude 12,100 feet.)

VIII Bomber Command 171

Date: 31 December 1943

Places

Bassingbourn

Site type: Airfield

Stalag XVII-B

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Braunau-Gneikendorf, Austria	31 December 1943	Initially evaded in France, he was arrested upon denunciation. Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15
Born
			Indiana

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Braunau-Gneikendorf, Austria

31 December 1943

Initially evaded in France, he was arrested upon denunciation. Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Born

Indiana

Revisions

Date6 Nov 2020 23:32:54

Contributorjmoore43

Changes

Sources

Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date17 Jul 2020 14:28:00

ContributorED-BB

Changes

Sources

MACR 1975

Date27 Sep 2014 18:24:27

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1975 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database