Duane Palmer Thayer

Military
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Object Number - UPL 43032 - Duane Thayer’s Dog Tag on page 16 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/139543176 (NARA)

Duane Thayer was Right Waist gunner on B-17 #42-39785 "Thru Hel'en Hiwater", shot down 22 April 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

People

Lee Ray Brim

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38341021
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Thomas John Campbell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39262720
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Everett Edward Culp

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35619772
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Ronald Hugh Duncan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14119212 at enlistment, then O-693358
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Milton Feinman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32204721 / O-542491
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-39785

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Thru Hel en Hiwater
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron

Missions

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'

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  • Date: 22 April 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

28 June 1920 Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota, United States

Enlisted

14 October 1942 Los Angeles, California

Died

2 August 2010 Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado

Born

Long Beach, California

Other

Prisoner of War

Initially evaded capture but was arrested at the beginning of May by a policeman of Schalkenmuehle-Dahlerbrück. Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control 13 June 1945.”

Revisions

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

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MACR 4272
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
WWII Draft Card
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)

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MACR 4272

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4272 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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