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Want to know more about 545th Bomb Squadron, USAAF? There are:-1 items tagged 545th Bomb Squadron, USAAF available in our Library
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1st Lt. Scott Andrew Briley 545th Squadron 384th Bomber Group From the after action report of the lost plane and crew.
About 20 min from the bombing target at Schweinfurt, Germany on 13th of April 1944 at 13.54 in the afternoon, the B-17 formation came under attack by German FW 190 fighter planes. Lt Scott Briley was the pilot of B-17 42-97233, flying his 13th mission, when his plane caught fire and exploded. He and another crewman fought the fire while the rest of the crew either jumped or were sucked out of the airplane. One man was badly wounded in the face and was thrown out by Lt Briley, but all 10 men were able to deploy their parachutes.
Lt Briley observed several of his men being picked up by Red Cross ambulances. He and his left waist gunner, SSgt James W McClain, were on the loose for 5 days prior to capture by the enemy.
Lt Briley was first sent to Stalag 17-B and later moved to Poland. He was liberated from Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12 in June 1945.
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Howard G Crissman 454th Bomb Group, 15th AAF 739th Sqdn I was a member of 454th Bomb Group, 15th AAF, 739th Sqdn stationed near Cerginola, Italy from August to December 1944. On my 30th mission on 27th December I went down over Bruck, Austria. I was then a POW in
Stalags 13d and 7a until liberated on 29th April 1945. I was a tail gunner on a B24 (a great plane). All except the engineer got out safely. I lost one-third to one-half of my body weight in four and a half months on a 700 calorie (or less) diet. I retuned to the USA on 5th June 1945.
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Tech Sgt. Reamond Smiley 545th Bomb Sqd. I'm looking for anyone who may have a recollection of Reamond C. Smiley, who was imprisoned in Stalag 17B from 1943-1945. His B17 was shot down over Hamburg, Germany on July 25, 1943. He was a waist turret gunner.
384th Bomb Group (H), Squardon 545th. He may have gone by the nickname, "Smiley".
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