Anthony Baird Mitchell

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-57655.jpeg UPL 57655 Capt Anthony B. Mitchell, 491BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 57655 - Capt Anthony B. Mitchell, 491BG.

Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed near Tilburg in B-24 44-40210 during a supply drop in Operation Market Garden. Killed in Action (KIA)



Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'

491st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

James Kerwin Hunter

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 20706934 / O-799024
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator of the 491st Bomb Group after crash landing in Holland, 18 September 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18-9-44 B, 292 Extra.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '292/RF. 491BG got shot down, crash landing in Holland. 9/18/44.'

44-40210

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Ill Be Seeing You
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 854th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Youngstown, OH 1 December 1918 Son of Osbourne and Nelle [Foster] Mitchell.

Enlisted

Fort Hayes, Columbus, OH 27 September 1941 Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Died

18 September 1944

Buried

Netherlands American Cemetery Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot O Row 8 Grave 6

Based

Metfield 18 September 1944 Assigned to 854BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56301929/anthony-baird-mitchell

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

491st BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10211 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son, MACR 10211

Anthony Baird Mitchell: Gallery (2 items)

A B-24 Liberator of the 491st Bomb Group after crash landing in Holland, 18 September 1944. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18-9-44 B, 292 Extra.' Second Handwritten caption on reverse: '292/RF. 491BG got shot down, crash landing in Holland. 9/18/44.'

Object number: FRE 8586 - A B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40210) of the...

Object number: UPL 57655 - Capt Anthony B. Mitchell, 491BG.