Garland David Maddox
MilitaryAssigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. 5 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Rostock in B-17 42-31798 11-Apr-44; hit by Fw190's, crashed Bad Doberan. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3801
Awards: 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 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32292713
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18148584 / O-756854
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31282994
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13126159
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37549739
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rose O'Day
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th 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 III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Wylam, Alabama, USA | 14 April 1921 | Son of Thomas Clayborn and Aubrey [Stewart] Maddox. |
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Enlisted |
Fort McClellan, AL | 4 June 1942 | Fort McClellan, Alabama |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 11 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Birmingham, AL | 12 June 2011 | |
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Buried |
Alabama National Cemetery Montevallo, Shelby County, AL | 15 June 2011 | Alabama National Cemetery Montevallo, Shelby County, Alabama |
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Based |
Horham | 11 April 1944 | Assigned to 412BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3801 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database