Grover F Wallace
MilitaryB-17G #42-37925 'Rick-O-Shay III' was attacked by six ME109s on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 18 Mar 1944, exploded and crashed S of Lahr/Schwarzwald, GR after only three men baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: Rick-O-Shay III
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 571st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Parham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
St Johns, Ohio, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 18 March 1944 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3182 / MACR 3182, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database