Donn H Demarce

Military

Lt Donn Demarce was a B-24 co pilot. His B-24 was shot down on 12/18/1944, most of the crew bailed out and the plane crashed near Budapest, Hungary. He was shot down on his 31st mission. He was captured and sent to Stalag Luft I, Barth , Germany.

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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

Aircraft

Places

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

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MACR # 10639, web page for 461st Bomb Group and named Class A uniform.