Paul Wesley McCormack
MilitaryAssigned to 855BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Swabisch Hall. Crashed at Dusseldorf on 13-Sep-44 in B-24 'Times Awaisting' 44-40234 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8860
Awards: PH, 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: 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-746499
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Times Awaisting
- Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd 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 I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hope, Arkansas | 19 August 1919 | Son of Robert W and Annie [Parsons] McCormack. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Dusseldorf, Germany | 13 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Swabisch Hall. Crashed at Dusseldorf on 13-Sep-44 in B-24 'Times Awaisting' 44-40234 POW MACR 8860 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 13 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
11 May 1987 | ||
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Buried |
Evening Shade Cemetery, Hempstead County, AR | 15 May 1987 | Evening Shade Cemetery Hempstead County, Arkansas |
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Based Prisoner of war |
Metfield | 13 September 1944 | Assigned to 855BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8860