Palmer D Arrowood

Military

Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Hailey crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 44-41158; hit by fighters, aflame and with three engines out, crashed Olomouc, Czech. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10650



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'

461st Bomb Group

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

People

Max Merideth Hailey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-705686
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-41158

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Torretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Betsy Layne, KY 15 February 1925 Son of Alonzo and Anna [Witten] Arrowood.

Enlisted

Huntington, WV 30 June 1943 Huntington, West Virginia

Other

Baled out POW

Olomouc, Czech 17 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 44-41158; hit by fighters, aflame and with three engines out, crashed Olomouc, Czech. POW MACR 10650

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 17 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Sea of Japan 10 September 1956 RB-50G Superfortress 47-133 departed Yokota Air Base, Japan, on 10-Sep-56. Lost in Sea of Japan.

Other

Discharged USAAF

Honouable discharge.

Based

Torretta 17 December 1944 Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/89200380-palmer-d-arrowood
https://www.fold3.com/record/530053830-palmer-s-arrowood
http://www.461st.org/Crews/767th%20Crews/hailey.html
http://www.leteckabadatelna.cz/havarie-a-sestrely/detail/110/
The History of Big Safari By Colonel Bill Grimes, USAF Retired
https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000ccwFEAQ0
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190807460/palmer-d-arrowood