Verden D Swank
Military
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UPL 36995
"Lt. Elder and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group, beside a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. England, 10 February 1944."
Rear L-R: 1Lt Damon C Elder, 2Lt James D Moody, 2Lt Samuel Minkowitz, Capt Charles C Armstrong
Front L-R: T/Sgt David L Wilson, S/Sgt Verden D Swank, T/Sgt Daniel F Gilmore, S/Sgt Mario Garcia, Sgt Norman M Clark, S/Sgt Frank J Mirenda
Rear L-R: 1Lt Damon C Elder, 2Lt James D Moody, 2Lt Samuel Minkowitz, Capt Charles C Armstrong
Front L-R: T/Sgt David L Wilson, S/Sgt Verden D Swank, T/Sgt Daniel F Gilmore, S/Sgt Mario Garcia, Sgt Norman M Clark, S/Sgt Frank J Mirenda
Shot down by fighters prior to the IP and crashed WSW of Dinant, Belgium on a mission to Frankfurt am Main, GR on 2 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-97509 'Old Hickory'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13086025 / O-803956
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Hickory
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 2 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Fort Benjamin, Harrison, IN | 15 September 1942 | Fort Benjamin, Harrison, IN |
Other Baled out POW |
Dinant, Belgium | 2 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Frankfurt am Main in B-17 42-97509; Shot down, baled out vicinity Dinant, Belgium. POW. MACR 2864 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 2 March 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Born |
Bremen, IN | Son of Ervin W and Gladys Belle [Chambers] Swank. | |
Based |
Molesworth | 2 March 1944 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2864 / MACR 2864, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database