William John Reis Jr
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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: Airfield
- 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. |