Arthur Kenneth Sauer

Military
media-57020.jpeg UPL 57020 S/Sgt Arthur Kenneth Sauer, 303BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 57020 - S/Sgt Arthur Kenneth Sauer, 303BG.

Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Gilze-Rijen in B-17 42-5392 'Stric Nine' 19-Aug-43; shot down, ditched North Sea, off Hoek van Holland. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 285





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18071114 / O-738242
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stric Nine, City of Albuquerque
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

10 August 1921 Son of Arthur F. and Hazel Belle [Furbush] Sauer.

Enlisted

Louisville, KY 3 August 1942 Louisville, Kentucky

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 19 August 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

Madison, IN 26 September 2002

Buried

Grandview Memorial Gardens Madison, Jefferson County, IN Grandview Memorial Gardens Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana

Based

Molesworth 19 August 1943 Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Added a connection to the 8th AF mission #85 for 19 Aug 1943.

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Updated location of the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Removed a space in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Deleted a "birth event" for lack of data.

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Added a "-" in the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" section.
Added S/N and POW camp info from POW records at the National Archives.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 285 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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