William Tone Neidhardt

Military

Object Number - UPL 71688 - William T. Neidhardt

Assigned 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

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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
The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • 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

Date
Changes
Sources

"Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Bishop & Hey

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

Date
Changes
Sources

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

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 6724 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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