William Tone Neidhardt
MilitaryAssigned to 751BS, 457BG, 8AF USAAF. Gumuslauskas crew. Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed near Gross Muehlingen on 29-Jun-44 in B-17 43-37562. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, PH, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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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: 457th Bomb Group 751st Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Spenceville, Ohio | 13 May 1918 | BornSpenceville, Ohio |
Enlisted |
Lubbock, Texas | 28 August 1942 | EnlistedLubbock, Texas |
Prisoner of war Prisoner of war (POW) |
Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland | 29 June 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of war (POW)Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland |
Died |
Alpine, Texas | 7 August 2004 | DiedAlpine, Texas |
Buried |
Elm Grove Cemetery Alpine, Texas | 10 August 2004 | InterredElm Grove CemeteryAlpine, Texas |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/29099966/29099989
https://www.fold3.com/record/34982456/william-t-neidhardt-us-social-security-death-index
https://www.fold3.com/record/84792790/william-t-neidhardt-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61149094/william-tone-neidhardt
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/143772994?objectPage=490
Merged with duplicate record to include information from:
1993 457th BGA Roster
MACR 6724 /
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
MACR 6724 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database