Sherman Edward Meek
Military
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Object Number - UPL 13259 - 42-97271 JD-A, BOSS LADY, 545th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group
Assigned to the 384th BG 544th BS on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #29 dated 5 February 1945, Gerald Hicks Crew. 17 combat missions.
Prisoner of War. Crashed near Ramhausen on 20 mar 45 in B-17 'Boss Lady' 42- 97271
POW Camp: Not identified in National Archives POW database. POW camp identified by Sherman E. Meek as Stalag Luft 1.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37619572
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: 748 - Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35299906
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-784158
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Boss Lady
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 March 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Holdenville, Oklahoma, USA | 25 July 1925 | |
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Enlisted |
Oklahoma City, OK, USA | 13 September 1943 | His 1st name appears in (most) official records as "MEEKS" due to a clerical error by his local draft board. Attempts were made to correct this error, but "As a confused 18 year old, away from home for the first time, I gave up and carried the 'Meeks' through my service." As related by Sherman Edward Meek in July 2014. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 20 March 1945 | "I was held in Stalag Luft 1. We arrived there in a group of about 20 USAAF prisoners in late March 1945. Our crew was split up with each member being assigned to a different room. We were airlifted out in early May by B-17s to a base in France, then by C-47s to a base near the Coast to await transportation the US." Sherman Meek, 1 March 2015 |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate record to include information from :
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=m...
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 13565 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database