Donald Wayne Overdorff
MilitaryAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Albert Powell crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8279
Awards: PH, 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: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14134897 / O-764088
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lili of the Lamplight
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron 335th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Windsor, PA | 14 September 1921 | Son of Charles Franklin and Carrie [Gulden] Overdorff. |
Enlisted |
Harrisburg, PA | 14 September 1942 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
Other Baled out POW |
Schwabach, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Rechlin in B-17 44-6085 25-Aug-44; flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on descent losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Germany POW MACR 8279 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 25 August 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
24 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Lebanon, PA | 10 June 1995 | |
Buried |
Mount Rose Cemetery York, PA | 14 June 1995 | Mount Rose Cemetery York, York County, Pennsylvania |
Based |
Horham | 25 August 1944 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8279 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database