Donald Wayne Overdorff

Military

Assigned 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

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.
  • 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
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • 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

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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).

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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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