Donald Joseph Lank
Military
Via Grandson Patric
Jesse Taylor ID'd by Don Lank's son.
Object Number - UPL 80640 - S/Sgt Donald J. Lank (L) and S/Sgt Jesse R. Taylor (R)
Assigned to 561BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 23-Mar-44 mission to Brunswick in B-17 42-38120; hit by flak and crashed SE of Borken, Germany after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM, POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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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: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-805437
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Hamilton, Ohio | 19 July 1908 | BornHamilton, Ohio |
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Enlisted |
Los Angeles, California | 16 November 1942 | EnlistedLos Angeles, California |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland | 22 March 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland |
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Died |
Huntington Beach, California | 7 September 1975 | DiedHuntington Beach, California |
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Buried |
Good Shepherd Cemetery Huntington Beach, California | 10 September 1975 | InterredGood Shepherd CemeteryHuntington Beach, California |
Revisions
Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3543 / MACR 3543, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
