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416th Bombardment Group (L) T/Sgt. Layford Burdett Curtis Airplane Mechanic - Gunner, 34612493 Prisoner Of War 669th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 6-Dec-1918, Waynesboro, Wayne County, Mississippi
Entered Military Service: Date: 28-Dec-1942 At: Cp Shelby, MS NARA Enlistment Record: Enlisted Serial # 34612493 POW summary: Fail to Return Date: 8-Aug-1944 Captured: 8-Aug-1944, Near Auxi Les Chateau, By: Flak Btl POW Camp: Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 Return Date: 25-May-1945 NARA WW II POW Data File Latest Report Date: 25-May-1945 NARA WW II POW Data File ID: 18200 / (PDF) Died: 13-Mar-1990, Cantonment, Escambia County, Florida On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry Find-A-Grave |
Obituary
CURTIS Layford "Curt" Curtis, 71, of Cantonment, died Tuesday, March 13, 1990. Services, 10 a.m. Friday in Cokesbury United Methodist Church. Bayview Fisher-Pou Funeral Service directing.
BAYVIEW FISHER-POU
Layford "Curt" Curtis, 71, of Cantonment, died Tuesday, March 13, 1990 in a local hospital.
Pensacola News Journal (Pensacola, Florida), 15 Mar 1990, Thu, Page 2, Layford CurtisObituary, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/267247666/?terms=Layford%20Curtis&match=1 [subscription required] : accessed 9 April 2021) |
MACR 7799 Details Notes: Hit by flak over target area, fell out of formation with right engine feathered and smoking badly, went off to left toward Abbeville Drucat, Airdrome. No parachutes reported. Description: Lt. Norman V. Shainberg's plane was hit by flak and was last seen heading toward our lines, losing altitude. One or two crews reported seeing it crash. No chutes were seen to emerge. Lt. Shainberg and his two gunners, Sgt. J.D. Dugan and Sgt. L.B. Curtis, are listed as MIA. (416th BG History 1944) See also Mission # 117 |
See Also:
Prisoner Of War (POW) Camps
Escape & Evasion (E&E) Reports
POW/E&E Terms and Acronyms
POW/E&E Sources, References, Resources