Doyle E Poling

Military

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 31 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederndodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW) 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.



Awards: AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Charles David Rutledge

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15171461 / O-815242
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Major Alex B. Andrews, an 8th Air Force HQ special observer, in the cockpit of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Lil Satan" of the 379th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '379 BG. 25/6/44, 245. Alex B. Andrews, B/Gen USAF (ret.), Box 2627, Raleigh NC, USA.'

42-97890

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Queen of Hearts Lil Satan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron

43-37934

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Million Dollar Baby

Missions

652

  • Date: 28 September 1944

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Van Wert County, OH 23 June 1923 Son of Homer Earl and Susie May [Reid] Poling.

Enlisted

Camp Perry, Lacarne, OH 31 March 1943 Camp Perry Lacarne Ohio

Other

Baled out POW

Niederndodeleben, Germany 28 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' Crashed at Niederndodeleben. POW 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 28 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Oldsmar, FL 12 July 2009

Buried

Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, FL 15 July 2009 Florida National Cemetery Bushnell, Sumter County, FL

Based

Prisoner of War (POW)

Kimbolton 28 September 1944 Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9364 / MACR 9364;  379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 325 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database