Walter Elsworth Scott

Military

Shot down 9 April 1944 in B-24 #42-52432. Prisoner of War (POW).

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George David Reed

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19096186 at enlistment, then O-811138
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

John Henry Schramm

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31254148
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Sidney Sheren

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32818617
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Fred Earnest Stiles

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 755th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15334471
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

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Born

Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky 8 February 1918

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 9 April 1944 captured in Fårdrup, ± 10km East of Korsør, Denmark. Interned at Stalag XVIIA in Braunau, near Krems, Austria. Returned to Military Control on 8 June 1945.
Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky

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MACR 3838
WWII Draft card
NARA WWII POW records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3838 / MACR 3838 & Page 282 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database