William John Reis Jr

Military

Assigned to 720BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna mission 7-Oct-44 in B-24 42-52443; A/C abandoned as running low of fuel North of Mostar, Yugoslavia. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9135



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 720th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Omaha, NE 2 August 1923 Son of William John Sr and Dora V Reis.

Enlisted

Jefferson Barracks, MO 2 February 1943 Jefferson Barracks, Missouri

Other

Baled out POW

Nth of Mostar, Yugoslavia 7 October 1944

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 7 October 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Based

Manduria 7 October 1944 Assigned to 720BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF.