Llewellyn H Baxter

Military
media-32751.jpeg UPL 32751 Llewellyn H. Baxter served as a pilot with the 493rd Bomb Group.

Shared with the American Air Museum by Llewellyn H Baxter's granddaughter, Shannon Pankhurst.

Object Number - UPL 32751 - Llewellyn H. Baxter served as a pilot with the 493rd Bomb Group.

Shot down 21 November 1944 near Encheda. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

43-38107

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 861st Bomb Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

North Springfield, Pennsylvania, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Hollland 21 November 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=43147

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998, MACR 10404, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / MACR 10404 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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