Charles H Marcy
MilitaryLost oil pressure in No 3 engine on a local training flight on 9 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31169 'Hey Mabel!' and then was unable to lower left landing gear and made an emergency landing in the grass at Honington, Returned to Duty (RTD).
Flew as pilot on 'Hey Mabel', (there were 3 planes named that, lst one crashed in U S , second one received heavy battle damage and the 3rd one was shot down on its last mission on 29 Apr 44 in Germany, mission was Berlin in B-17 #42-97135. Flew total of 27 missions. Prisoner of War (POW)
Silver Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal w 5/Oak Leaf Cluster
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Conneaut, Ohio | 22 August 1920 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan Poland | 29 April 1944 | Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Revisions
Correct spelling of Mr Marcy's last name
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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added "O-" to the S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Added a connection to A/C #42-97135 listed in the "Summary biography".
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self/MACR 4252, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces