Donald Shirley Webster
MilitaryDonald Webster was a Radio Operator in the 94th Bomb Group / 410th Bomb Squadron. Shot down in B-24 # 42-29710 on the 29 May 1943 mission to naval depots in Rennes, France. Prisoner of War (POW)
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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: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19065021 and O-729712
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-418282
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32461783
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16065347
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37195457
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hell Below
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Maine, United States | 5 August 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Portland, Maine, United States | 11 February 1941 | |
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Other Made prisoner |
near Saint-Malo, France | 29 May 1943 | According to MACR 15139, he fell "in the sea", ± 1km north of Saint-Malo, was fished out and captured on 29 May. Webster’s own statement says Bombardier Carroll was next to him in the (Ille et Rance) canal when the Germans caught them. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
29 May 1943 | Interned at Stalag XVIIB/17B Braunau-Gneikendorf (Barrack 15B), near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military control 21 July 1945.“ | |
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Died |
Palm Coast, Flagler County, Florida, United States | 6 January 2011 | |
| Lynn, Massachusetts, United States | |||
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Buried |
Donald Webster rests at Section 68, Grave 4961 |