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1LT Willard Charles Bader

Birth
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
20 May 2005 (aged 81)
Indialantic, Brevard County, Florida, USA
Burial
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WWII Veteran and Ex-POW. B-17 Bombardier assigned to 731st Bomb Sqn, 452nd Bomb Grp, 8th AF. 9 x combat missions. Continuous attacks by fighters on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44, led B-17 42-31354 to make a forced landing SE of Magdeburg, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Aircrew Report 3191 - Awarded Air Medal and POW medal. Held at Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany till liberated by Russian forces.
WWII Veteran and Ex-POW. B-17 Bombardier assigned to 731st Bomb Sqn, 452nd Bomb Grp, 8th AF. 9 x combat missions. Continuous attacks by fighters on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 8-Mar-44, led B-17 42-31354 to make a forced landing SE of Magdeburg, Germany. Prisoner of War (POW). Missing Aircrew Report 3191 - Awarded Air Medal and POW medal. Held at Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany till liberated by Russian forces.


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