Vaughn Emerson Weir
MilitaryAssigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. Charles Faxon crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 13251
MACR Witness aboard AC 408, 20-Mar-45.
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
- Nicknames: Girl Crazy
- Unit: 454th Bomb Group 736th 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 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Bentleyville, PA | 9 January 1926 | Son of O. Keith and Irene [Hinebaugh] Weir. |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 27 March 1944 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Other Baled out POW |
Sth of Valentine Austria | 23 March 1945 | Failed to Return (FTR) Valentine, Austria in B-24 42-78668 'Girl Crazy' 23-Mar-45; shot down, baled out. POW MACR 13251 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 23 March 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft VIIa. |
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Died |
Bentleyville, PA | 22 June 2004 | |
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Buried |
Beallsville Cemetery Beallsville, Washington County, PA | 25 June 2004 | Beallsville Cemetery Beallsville, Washington County, Pennsylvania |
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Based |
San Giovanni | 23 March 1945 | Assigned to 736BS, 454BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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