William Martin Shaner

Military
media-22135.jpeg UPL 22135 Carroll Duane Swartzendruber - Wellman, 384th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

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Object Number - UPL 22135 - Carroll Duane Swartzendruber - Wellman, 384th BG, KIA

Shot down 13 May 1944 in B-17 #42-102548. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4814



POW

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The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

George Sabo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32725909
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

William Austin Snead

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35646454
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Salvadore Soto

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39276069
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Carroll Duane Swartzendruber

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37663908
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Headshot of smiling young man wearing WWII era Air Force uniform

Henry Nicolas Wennik

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12125442
  • Role/Job: Ball Turrret Gunner

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Assigned

16 April 1944 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #72 dated 16 April 1944, Charles Washington Baker Crew, 8 combat missions.

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POW

Żagań, Poland 13 May 1944 POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Born

Elizabeth, Pennsylvania

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Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an Association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4814, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…

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