William H Warren
MilitaryShot down 6 September 1942 in B-17 41-24445 while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Six Bits aka Southern Belle
- Unit: 97th Bomb Group 340th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 September 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 6 September 1942 - 20 July 1945 | Held at Stalag 17B,Braunau-Gneikendorf, near Krems, Austria. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 20-Jul-45. |
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Sources
Lee Cunningham 31-Oct-2014. Stalag location. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database.
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 21-Oct-2014. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) POW database.
ContributorAAM
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & th Air Forces p. 30