Name:
William C. Terry
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
14162093
Unit:
349th Bomber Squadron, 100th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
Tennessee
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Radio Operator on the B-17 bomber OMBREE AGO from the 100th Bomber group took off from Thorp Abbots and bombed an oil refinery on the Czech boarder. During this mission, eleven Flying Fortresses were shot down by the Luftwaffe above Ruhland. The Ombree Ago was damaged and the radio operator jumped and became a prisoner of war. Another was injured and Flying at low altitude the bomber crash landed in Chamvres. Terry successfully jumped from the aircraft but was taken prisoner and sent to Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow.