Donald T Nicklawsky

Military
media-49936.jpeg UPL 49936

Family

Object Number - UPL 49936

Shot down by fighters on return from mission to Frankfurt on 29 Jan 1944 in B-17G #42-40057. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-40057

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hillsboro, North Dakota, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 29 January 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives.

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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 2273 / MACR 2273, 8th AF Losses, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=333 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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