William E Rambo Jr

Military

Crashed on 21 Jan 45 in B-17 'Honey-Chile' #43-37857, Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-37857 Honey Chile
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Honey Chile
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Miami, Florida, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 21 January 1945 Lazaret Rottenmunster/Rottweil (Serves Stalag 5-B) Rottenmunster Wurttenberg 48-08

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 11765 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database