William J Weaver

Military

Shot down 16-Aug-44 in B-17G 43-38012 while serving as Waist Gunner. Aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed at Witzenhause, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW)



POW

Connections

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38012

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Stalag IX-C

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 9C

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Bad Sulza, Germany 16 August 1944 Stalag 9C Bad Sulza Saxe-Weimar 51-11

Born

Lagrange, Georgia, USA

Revisions

Date
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources

Added a S/N and a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Added an association to Stalag 9C per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

 

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 17-Dec-2014. Added SN per MACR 8180, Added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII Database; made connections to Decoration, Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; crafted biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th AIr Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8180 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database