Paul D Guiteras
MilitaryAssigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Munster in B-17 42-30272 'Fritz Blitz' 10-Oct-43; shot down, baled out Haakbergen, Holland Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1118
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060366 / O-665661
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Herky Jerky II : Lover Boy
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spook V
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fritz Blitz
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Chuck
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 9 October 1943
- Date: 8 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
- Date: 4 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Philadelphia, PA | 2 March 1921 | Son of Louis J and Jeannette Guiteras. |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 19 January 1942 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
Horham Airfield, UK | 4 July 1943 - 10 October 1943 | Shot down on this 22nd mission |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Haaksbergen, Netherlands | 10 October 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 17 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Other Seperated from Service |
Fort Indiantown Gap, PA | 24 November 1945 | |
Died |
Philadelphia, PA | 16 April 2000 | |
Buried |
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham, Montgomery County, PA | 19 April 2000 | Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Cheltenham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155053694/paul-d.-guiteras
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=683878
https://95thbg.mmsw.eu/person/2616
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1118 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database