Dean William Reid
MilitaryShot down 19 May 1944 in B-17 #42-39783. Captured in Schoenberg, 20km NW of Kletkamp, Germany on 22 May 1944. 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13068908
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35310857
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Crew Chief
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19115504
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-707054
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20153772 at enlistment, then O-757896
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Blues in the Knight
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 526th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Primrose, Boone County, Nebraska, United States | 17 April 1923 | |
Enlisted |
18 July 1941 | ||
Other Bailed out |
19 May 1944 | of B-17 #42-39783 over Blekendorf, Germany | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 22 May 1944 | Captured in Schoenberg, 20km NW of Kletkamp, Germany on 22 May 1944. Interned mainly at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan/Zagan, Poland. NARA WWII POW record : “Returned to Military Control “18 March 1946”… |
Died |
22 February 2009 | ||
Cedar Rapids, Boone County, Nebraska |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
WWII Draft Card
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4929 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database