Walter Nichols Jr

Military

Shot down 8 October 1943 in B-17 #42-30154 'War Eagle', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

Connections

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30154

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: War Eagle
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 349th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 8 October 1943 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Birmingham, Alabama

Revisions

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Added a location to the POW event per info in the event description section.

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Added a POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a connection to the A/C #42-30154 listed in the "Summary biography".
Added a connection to the 100th BG listed in the A/C description.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Sources

100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 953 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia