William Percival Nicholson
Military
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UPL 30403
Ink drawing of Leonard D. Culbertson by William P. Nicholson while POWs at Stalag Luft III. This was one of many drawings found in Bill's Wartime Journal.
William Percival Nicholson's Wartime Journal
William Percival Nicholson's Wartime Journal
Shot down 5 November 1943 in B-24 #427543 'Georgia Belle. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16052583
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-364882
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot / Mission Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 1224th Military Police Company
- Service Numbers: 34597800
- Highest Rank: Private
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13024790
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-531325
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 578th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1164