William N Shearer Jr

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Merseburg on 11/21/44 in B-17 #42-97600



"On Bud Rundell's deputy lead ship on a mission to Merseburg when their plane was downed by flak. All of his crew survived and became POWs."

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-97600

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Salem, Virginia 6 April 1921

Died

14 May 2014

Buried

Charleston, WV, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 21 November 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a connection to A/C #42-97600 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Removed extra info from the "Summary biography".

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000  MACR 10410,

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