William Murray Bate
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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- Date: 20 February 1944
- Date: 13 February 1944
- Date: 6 February 1944
- Date: 5 February 1944
- Date: 29 January 1944
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Conshohocken, PA | 13 April 1922 | |
Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA | 14 April 1942 | |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
near Colnrade, Germany | 6 March 1944 | |
Other POW |
Barth, Germany | 15 June 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 (dates are approximate) |
Other Discharged |
Macon, GA | 26 December 1945 | Cochrane AAF |
Died |
Fishkill, NY | 6 October 2001 | |
Conshohocken, PA | 233 E. 10th Ave |
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Contributor466thHistorian
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Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
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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