Philip C Dryden
MilitaryAssigned to 599BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. 100+ combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Eller railroad bridge, missing after attacks by enemy fighters. 23-Dec-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11897. Died of wounds as a POW.
Awards: SS, AM (5 OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Hun Concious II
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 599th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 23 December 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Shot down |
23 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bombing mission to Eller railroad bridge, missing after attacks by enemy fighters. 23-Dec-44. POW. MACR 11897. | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
23 December 1944 - 3 January 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IVG. | |
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Died |
3 January 1945 | Died of wounds as a POW. 3-Jan-45. | |
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Born |
Son of John F and Leila F [Batty] Dryden. | ||
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Based |
23 December 1944 | Assigned to 599BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten Netherlands |