Dozier Watson Linder
Military
Flight Engineer
Robert Trowbridge Crew
2nd BG - 429th BS - 15th AF
Object Number - UPL 43057 - SSGT Dozier Watson Linder Flight Engineer Robert Trowbridge Crew 2nd BG - 429th BS - 15th AF
Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12461.
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12208174 / O-827083
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dollar 98
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th 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 Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Spartanburg, SC | 12 January 1916 | |
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Enlisted |
Charlotte, NC | 2 June 1943 | Charlotte, North Carolina |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Papa, Hungary | 21 February 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 POW MACR 12461. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 21 February 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
19 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
Lexington, NC | 25 October 2007 | |
| Erlanger, NC | Husband of Helen P [McDade] Linder. | ||
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Based |
Amendola | 21 February 1945 | Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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