Stephen Dobish
MilitaryAfter fighter attacks set fire to the left wing on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-17G #42-38024 crashed near Oldenburg, GR after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747325
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Destinys Tot : Angel Pumpkin
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: San Antonio Rose
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Flag Ship
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
- Date: 4 March 1944
- Date: 25 February 1944
- Date: 24 February 1944
- Date: 22 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
11 April 1923 | ||
Enlisted |
10 October 1942 | ||
Other 95th BG Combat Tour |
30 January 1944 - 6 March 1944 | ||
Other Shot Down/Captured |
6 March 1944 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
15 June 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 | |
Other Discharged |
8 November 1945 | 4267th Base Unit USAAF | |
Died |
30 May 1994 | ||
Born |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added S/N and POW camp information 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 2984 / MACR 2984, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database