Edwin W Hays
MilitaryOn a mission to Rostock, GR on 24 Feb 1944, B-17G #42-3156l left formation with one engine out and the horizontal stabilizer missing and was last seen going down under attack from fighters eventually making an emergency landing at Oster Hojst, Denmark. Prisoner of War (POW).
Imprisoned at Stalag Luft V1 he was evacuated to Memel as the Russians advanced in 1945, crammed into the hold of a ship and moved to Stettin, then herded into box cars until arriving at Stalag 1V. In January 1945 he was moved yet again - to Barth, which the Russians liberated in April 1945.
POW
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Just Elmers Tune
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
3 February 2007 | ||
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Born |
Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA | ||
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Buried |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Denmark | 24 February 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2644 / MACR 2644, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database