Douglas E Pierce
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 79779 - Staff Sgt Douglas E Pierce
Douglas E Pierce was a ball turret gunner on a B-24 for the 492nd BG/856th BS Crew 601 Flying 44-40163. Crew 601 was lost on June 20th 1944 during a bombing raid hitting the heavily defended oil refineries in Politz Germany. The 492nd encountered about a thirty minute battle against the rocket firing ME-410s and JU-88s and lost fourteen of the their B-24s. Four of the crewman of the 601 were killed in the fight while the the other six who managed to bail out were captured. Douglas was believed to have bailed out and either killed during capture or prior to capture on the Isle of Ruegen. His body was never recovered.
Killed in Action (KIA)
KIA
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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
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 856th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 20 June 1944
- Date: 14 June 1944
- Date: 30 May 1944
- Date: 28 May 1944
- Date: 23 May 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
27 January 1921 | ||
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Died KIA |
20 June 1944 | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
20 June 1944 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7080 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
