Dudley Cornelius Runnels Jr

Military

Assigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 Prisoner of War )POW). MACR 10831



Awards: 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

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Vermont Ole Anderson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-771648
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

43-38211

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Miss Gail Lynn
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

Missions

731

  • Date: 30 November 1944

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Los Angeles, California 30 July 1922 Son of Audley C and Martha A Runnels. Husband of Margaret E Runnels.

Enlisted

Los Angeles, CA 14 October 1942

Other

Baled out POW

Flur Oberkotzau, Germany 30 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg in B-17 43-38211; hit by flak after bombs away, crashed Flur Oberkotzau, Germany. 30-Nov-44 POW. MACR 10831

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 30 November 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Redding, CA 20 July 2011

Based

Thorpe Abbotts 30 November 1944 Assigned 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Northern California Veterans Cemetery, Igo, CA Northern California Veterans Cemetery Igo, Shasta County, CA
Los Angeles, CA Time of draft registration; Residing Los Angeles, CA. Employed Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Inglewood, CA

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/image/631945873
https://www.fold3.com/image/118489358?rec=118489420
https://www.fold3.com/record/285370367-dudley-c-runnels
https://www.fold3.com/record/85039484-dudley-c-runnels-jr
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126622172/dudley-cornelius-runnels

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10831