William Arck
Military
Churchwell's Dog Tired crew also flew Shackeroo! on rotation
Back Row (L to R): 2nd Lt. H. M. Jones (co-pilot), 2nd Lt. G. R. Skelton (navigator), 2nd Lt. H. B. Churchwell (pilot), unknown (pool bombadier), S/Sgt. W. A. Wolf (left waist gunner), unknown (mission photographer)
Front Row (L to R): S/Sgt. P. F. DeWolf (radioman), S/Sgt. J. J. Caldwell (ball turret gunner), S/Sgt. L. Pearsall (right waist gunner), S/Sgt. W. Arck (tail gunner), S/Sgt. R. W. Fellure (top turret gunner)
Collection of William A. Wolf
Object Number - UPL 31429 - Shackeroo! Churchwell's Dog Tired crew also flew Shackeroo! on rotation Back Row (L to R): 2nd Lt. H. M. Jones (co-pilot), 2nd Lt. G. R. Skelton...
Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #42-37918 'Dog Tired', Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
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Krems an der Donau, Austria | 11 April 1944 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Added S/N and POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3861 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database