Name:
Donald Warren Phillips
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
15377309
Unit:
412th Bomber Squadron, 95th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1995-03-11
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Highland Memorial Park, Colombiana County, Ohio
Plot:
Garden of the Christus (Sec 6)
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
Son of Doane O. Phillips of Alliance, Ohio.
Ball Turret Gunner B-17G, 42-102700 "I'll Get By," which took off from Station 119 in Horham, Suffolk, UK on 2 August 1944. Hit by flak and exploded in mid-air at 1754h near Lisieux, France. Three crewmen survived the event and were taken prisoner, and seven were killed.
Phillips survived the crash, was captured, and made a POW. He was imprisoned in Stalag Luft IV, Gross Tychow, Germany.