Nathan E McElroy
MilitaryShot down 24 May 1944 in B-17 42-102648. Prisoner of War.
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 24 May 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
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Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
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Added S/N and Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an Association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Contributorjmoore43
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Added an Association to “Thorpe Abbotts”, the home base of the 100th BG.
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5172