Bolling H Rawlinson

Military

Shot down 13 June 1943 in B-17 #42-29715 'Klo Kay' 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.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Klo Kay
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

Places

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 13 June 1943 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Milbrook, Alabama, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW camp information to the POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorLucy May
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15162 / MACR 15162 , Lingering Contrails of The Big Square, Pg 2 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database