Albert Emmett Sewald

Military
media-50557.jpeg UPL 50557 S/Sgt Albert E Sewald, 306BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 50557 - S/Sgt Albert E Sewald, 306BG.

Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew on Robert Hoyt crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Emden in B-17 42-31078 11-Dec-43; hit by flak, crashed into sea off Emden. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1574



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735789
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-672857
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Ground personnel of the 306th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress. Marked "Not To Be Published" 25 Nov 1943. On reverse: Ministry of Information, Associated Press and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Places

  • 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

Born

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 23 December 1923 Son of Mathew and Anna [Sotosek] Sewald.

Enlisted

Pittsburgh, PA 10 August 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Based

Thurleigh 15 July 1943 - 11 December 1943 Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Baled out POW

North Sea of Emden 11 December 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Emden in B-17 42-31078 11-Dec-43; hit by flak, crashed into sea off Emden. POW MACR 1574

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 11 December 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

16 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Enlisted

3 May 1951

Other

Discharged USAF

19 January 1952 Honourable discharge.

Died

Carlsbad, NM 10 September 1993

Buried

Sunset View Cemetery Penn Hills, Allegheny County, PA 13 September 1993 Sunset View Cemetery Penn Hills, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 1574, NARA, 306th BGA Collection, Russell Strong Index Cards, First Over Germany pg. 181, / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.306bg.org/crewphotos/Crew%20Pictures%20Adam-Rector/Crew%20Pi…

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