Jay A Wade

Military

Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-31521 'Badland Bat', Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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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

42-31521

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Badland bat
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Champaign, Illinois, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 29 April 1944

Revisions

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Sources

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

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4346 / MACR 4346, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=924 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database