Buford L Saville

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) Shot down by flak and crashed at Warnemuende on 8/6/44 in B-17 Round Tripper #4231369



POW

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

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

42-31369

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Round Tripper
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Yakima, Washington, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 6 August 1944

Revisions

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7887 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database