William Frederick Protz
Military
Object Number - UPL 30777 - William F. Protz Pilot 401st BG - 613th BS
Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102580. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5307.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39030393
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19095021 / O-747371
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17120249
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13075787 / O-749917
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39564561
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA | 2 February 1918 | |
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Other 401st BG Combat Tour |
Deenethorpe | 4 May 1944 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 8 Combat missions |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 28 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III |
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Other Bailed out |
Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102580. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5307. |
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Died |
Savannah, GA, USA | 14 September 1997 | |
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Buried |
Evergreen Cemetery Manitowoc Manitowoc County WI | 17 September 1997 | Evergreen Cemetery Manitowoc Manitowoc County Wisconsin |
| Milwaukee County, WI, USA |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28635039
https://www.fold3.com/record/74908579-william-f-protz
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95216854/william-frederick-protz
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5307 / MACR 5307, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=160 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
