Dwight Fellows Hastings
MilitaryAssigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and captured. Prisoner of War (POW) 7-Aug-44. MACR 7470
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36542158
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball turret
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 49th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kensington, MD | 19 October 1921 | Son of Alfred B Hastings. |
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Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA | 13 August 1942 | |
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Other Baled out POW |
Mechnitz, Poland | 7 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Blechhammer in B-17 44-6176 A/C flak hit #2 engine, crashed Mechnitz. Baled out and captured. POW 7-Aug-44. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 7 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft VIIa. |
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Died |
Cockeysville, MD | 25 April 2014 | |
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Buried |
Burns Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro, PA | 1 May 2014 | Burns Hill Cemetery Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA |
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Based |
Amendola | 7 August 1944 | Assigned to 49BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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