Thomas Wajda

Military

Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24H 41-28611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N of Arendonk, Belgium. Prisoner of War.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-28611

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Baby Shoes
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of war

9 March 0194 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

Other

Baled out

Arendonk, Belgium 9 March 1944 Last seen crossing the coast with one engine feathered on a mission to Brandenburg, GR on 9 Mar 1944, B-24H #4-128611 'Baby Shoes' crashed N or Arendonk, Belgium.

Born

Pennsylvania

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3339, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces