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David William Souder
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Sergeant
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535th Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
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Pennsylvania
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David William Souder was born in Houston, Pennsylvania. A ball turret gunner on the B-17 #423511, he was one of the survivors when his plane was shot down by flak on April 25, 1944. Their plane crashed in Precy-sur-Oise, seven miles southwest of Creil, France. He was one of the 152 allied airmen and soldiers who were helped and hidden in the Freteval Forest camp by the French Resistance to evade German capture.