Douglas Clarke Van Weelden
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Pistol Packin Mama
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Nyack, New York, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 30 May 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added his middle name per MACR 5341 at Fold3.com.
SOURCE: https://www.fold3.com/image/28645296
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to Molesworth, the home base for the 303rd Bomb Group.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an association to the 359th BS listed in the description section for A/C #42-31213.
Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the name by moving "Van" from the middle name field to the surname field.
ContributorAAM
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MACR 5314 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database