William P Shapiro

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed 10 miles east of the target of Brunswick on 10 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31080 'Hey Moitle', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31080

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hey Moitle
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 10 February 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Revisions

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Added POW camp information to the POW event and a S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a comma to aid clarity in the "Summary biography".

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2371 / MACR 2371, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database