Oscar Watts Gills Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 533BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 20-Sep-44 in 42-31570 'Lucky Me'. Prisoner of War.
Awards: AM (2OLC), 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: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-?
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16122309
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lucky Me
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd 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 I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Bedford, VA | 5 December 1922 | Son of Oscar Watts Gills Sr and Reba Councill. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 20 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Roanoke City, VA | 29 June 2020 | |
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Court 11, Section CC, Column 5, Niche 3 | ||
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Based |
Ridgewell | 20 September 1944 | Assigned to 533BS, 381BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
381st Bomb Group Memorial Assoiciation, March 1999, MACR 10203 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia