Levi Hill Collins
MilitaryAssigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 31-Dec-43 in B-17 42-39823 'Iron Ass'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM,POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14084440
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801590
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37316172
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-679428
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Iron Ass
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Shipp, TX | 31 January 1918 | Son of John Wesley and Fannie Lander [Hill] Collins. |
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Enlisted |
Fort Bliss, el Paso, TX | 12 October 1942 | Fort Bliss el Paso Texas |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 31 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Aransas Pass, TX | 31 August 1997 | |
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Based |
Polebrook | 31 December 1943 | Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Buffalo Gap Cemetery Buffalo Gap, Taylor County, TX | Buffalo Gap Cemetery Buffalo Gap, Taylor County, Texas |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1983 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database