Clifford D Weatherwax

Military
media-18636.jpeg UPL 18636 Officers and crew of B-17G 42-97380

member number 'John4297380'

Object Number - UPL 18636 - Officers and crew of B-17G 42-97380

Cifford Weatherwax was shot down by flak over Munich and crashed at Achen Kirchen on 7/16/44 in B-17; the Pilot and Ball Gunner were not heard from and are assumed dead. POW for approximately 1 year at Camp Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Miss Mischief
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron 600th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

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POW

Tychowo, Poland 16 July 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 Approximately POW for a year, exact dates unknown.

Born

Jackson, Michigan

Revisions

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Sources

Updated a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7564; Fortresses Over Nuthampstead, pg 35

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