William H Smith

Military

Shot down by flak and crashed near Wildeshausen on 6/21/44 in B-24 #42110027 Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-110027

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 577th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Huntington, West Virginia, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 June 1944 Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16

Revisions

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Added S/N and POW camp info per data from the National Archives.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6158 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database