William H Fletcher
MilitaryForced to make an emergency landing due to mechanical/engine failure near Halweg, Holland on a mission to Brunswick, GR on 21 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-37796. Prisoner of War (POW) at Barth in Stalag Luft I.
Earlier, co-piloted on 3 December 1943 when a/c crashed on base in B-17#42-39791 Fletcher's Castoria. 9RTD
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Augusta, Georgia, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Hollland | 21 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
100th Bomb Group Foundation Directory, 2000 - 2001; MACR 2761, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,
Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 407 with picture of ac / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2761 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database