David Bull Atwood

Military

Assigned to 335BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Attacked by fighters en-route to the target at Klein Machow, Berlin on 6-Mar-44, B-17 42-32002 'Berlin First' crashed near Bremen after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).



Awards: AM, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

Thomas Lawrence Barksdale

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20447474 / O-801237
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-32002

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Berlin First
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th 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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sayre, Pennsylvania 29 May 1923 Born Sayre, Pennsylvania

Enlisted

Binghamton, New York 2 November 1942 Enlisted Binghamton, New York

Other

Commissioned

1 June 1943 Completed training Commissioned 2nd Lt

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of War (POW)

Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany 6 March 1944 - 19 April 0005 Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft I

Other

Discharged

30 November 1962

Died

Miami-Dade County, Florida 1 August 1994 Died Miami-Dade County, Florida

Buried

Woodlawn Park Cemetery South Miami, Florida 4 August 1994 Interred Woodlawn Park Cemetery South Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2982 / MACR 2982, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database