Walter T Conneely

Military

Shot down 8 May 1944 in B-24 42-52298 'Choo Choo Baby', Prisoner of War.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-52298

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Choo Choo Baby
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Prisoner of war

Zagan, Poland 8 May 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Sterling, Illinois

Revisions

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

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

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4596