William Kearney Meyer
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) Shot down by fighters and crashed at Gelderingen on 8/15/44 in B-24 Ramblin' Wreck #4128932
POW
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-817669
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ramblin Wreck
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oklahoma, USA | 14 May 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Little Rock, AR, USA | 31 October 1942 | |
Other POW |
78-220 Tychowo, Poland | 20 August 1944 | Stalag Luft IV Dates are approximate |
Died |
New Braunfels, TX, USA | 19 December 2008 | |
Buried |
New Braunfels, TX, USA | 22 December 2008 | Saints Peter And Paul Cemetery • New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas, USA |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Gelderingen, 8341 Steenwijkerwold, Netherlands | 15 August 1944 | |
Craighead County, AR, USA |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8430 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database