David Forster Snow
MilitaryAssigned to 324BS, 98BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 21-May-43 in B-17 42-5857. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 16136
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733593
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 515th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16035360 / O-661957
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Francisco, CA | 31 July 1916 | Son of Alfred James and Maybelle Y Snow. |
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Enlisted |
31 October 1942 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 21 May 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
19 February 1949 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Junction City, OR | 22 January 1987 | |
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Buried |
Lane Memorial Gardens Eugene, Lane County, OR | 25 January 1987 | Lane Memorial Gardens Eugene, Lane County, Oregon |
| San Francisco, CA | |||
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Based |
Bassingbourn | 21 May 1943 | Assigned to 324BS, 98BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 16136 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database