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T/Sgt Francis George Dolsen
United States Air Corps 349th Squadron
from:Wayne, Michigan
I enlisted in the Air Corps in June 1942 and became part of the European theatre operations until 1945. I was part of the 8th Army Air Force in the 100th Bomb Group. I was part of the 349th Bomb Squadron (H). I was a radio operator gunner on a B17 aircraft. I was shot down November 5th 1943.
I was a POW in Stalag 17B until November 1945 when General Patton's Third Army liberated the POWs.