Clifford D Weatherwax
Military
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UPL 18636
Officers and crew of B-17G 42-97380
member number 'John4297380'
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- 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: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other 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
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Updated a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
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