Taken at Dulg Luft-Oberursel

Staff Sgt. Douglas Campbell Dunlap (14132306) was a gunner. He was born on 12 July 1924 in Washington, DC, the son of Hobart D. and Elizabeth (Wiley) Dunlap. He grew up in Sequoyah Hills. After graduating from Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, Dunlap attended college for two years before enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps on 12 November 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, GA. After his capture, he was sent to Stalag Luft III-Nurnberg. On 4 April 1945, the German authorities began the forced march of the POWs to Stalag Luft VIIa-Moosburg. On the first afternoon of the march, there was a bombing and strafing raid on the POW column by American P-47 fighters, who mistook it for an enemy troop movement. During the confusion of the raid, Dunlap was able to escape and succeeded in evading capture for more than two and a half weeks. He was eventually picked up by advancing Allied Forces and returned to Allied military control. He was not confined to the prison camp at Moosburg. He returned to the United States in May 1945 and attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity, the men's swim team and men's cotillion before he graduated. He later operated Campus Records on Cumberland Avenue. From 1992 until his death he resided in Corbin, KY. He was president and owner of Interstate Tax and Bookkeeping.

After a brief illness, Dunlap died on 8 March 2011 in Corbin, KY. He was 87. He was buried in the Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Knoxville, TN.

Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery

Crash of B-24 Liberator 44-48964 MACR 12114