Willard S Sayles
Military
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42-31141 Valerie Lemanski Holley Collection
Valerie Lemanski Holley Collection
Object Number - UPL 27643 - Drawing by 1st Lt Richard F. Lemanski Pilot 42 31574 Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany ( Please if you have any photos of 2nd Lt. Willard S. Sayles ...
Fighters set the bomb bay on fire on a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8 Mar 1944 and B-17G #42-31141 crashed N of Hanover, GR after the crew baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Evanston, Illinois, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 March 1944 |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2976 / MACR 2976, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
