Ralph Samuel Cornwell
MilitaryAdded connections from information in the biography field.
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 #42-5898 'Little Lass'. Plane crashed into North Sea. Prisoner of War (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: Little Lass
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Manchester, NH, USA | 6 August 1942 | |
Born |
Massachusetts, USA | ||
Merrimack County, NH, USA | |||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Austria | 10 October 1943 | Interned in POW Camp: Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag 17B per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Changed spelling of name from 'Ralph B Cornwall' to 'Ralph S Cornwell'.
See NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=6&cat=all&tf…
Service number matches that given in Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 3117
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3117