Dudley Cornelius Runnels Jr
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- 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
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Gail Lynn
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 November 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
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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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10831