Donald Wayne Huffer
Military
Object Number - UPL 56147 - S/Sgt Earle F. Bell
Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Berlin 24-May-44 in in B-17 42-31306 'Nelson King'; shot down by fighters, crashed Ostprignitz. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5165
Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-813794
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nelson King
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 351st Bomb Squadron
Places
- 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
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hibbing, MN | 19 February 1919 | Son of John Joseph and Marie A [Bejeault] Huffer. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 24 May 1944 - 27 January 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 27 January 1945 - 29 April 1945 | Forced march from Stalag Luft III to Stalag VIIa. |
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Died |
Franklin, WI | 27 November 2005 | |
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Buried |
Saint Adalberts Cemetery Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI | Saint Adalberts Cemetery Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | |
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Based |
Thorpe Abbotts | 24 May 1944 | Assigned to 351BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 5165 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5165 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
