Edgar A Squires

Military

Assigned to 767BS, 561BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer mission in B-24 42-51319 'Welcome Wagon'; A/C mauled by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10651



Awards: AM, BS (2OLC), PH, GC, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

A B-24 Liberator of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force drops supplies over a Prisoner of War camp in Austria, May 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '9 May 1945, Last 'combat' mission of 461st BG to British POW camp near Villack, Austria. #33 flown by Lt John Stegman- 765th BS.'

461st Bomb Group

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

People

Frederick Behrens Capalbo

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14164992 / O-825560
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51319) of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force. Handwritten caption on reverse: '42-51319 B-24J-5-DT shown in France.'

42-51319

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Welcome Wagon
  • Unit: 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Torretta

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Cerignola #3

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Southampton, NY 14 September 1924 Son of Forest A and Eleanor [Carmen] Squires.

Enlisted

New York City, NY 12 July 1943 New York City, New York

Other

Baled out POW

Prague, Czech 17 December 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Blechammer mission in B-24 42-51319 'Welcome Wagon'; A/C mauled by fighters, baled out. POW MACR 10651

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 17 December 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV via Hospital for wounds.

Other

Discharged USAAF

14 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Hampton Bays, NY 1 November 2001

Buried

Good Ground Cemetery Hampton Bays, NY 5 November 2001 Good Ground Cemetery Hampton Bays, Suffolk County, NY

Based

Torretta 17 December 1944 Assigned to 767BS, 561BG, 15AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28684132
https://www.fold3.com/image/671508349
https://www.fold3.com/record/86684640-edgar-a-squires
https://www.fold3.com/record/13097738-edgar-a-squires
https://www.fold3.com/record/528929030-edgar-squires-1924
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20459345/edgar-a-squires#add-to-vc

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28684132
https://www.fold3.com/image/671508349
https://www.fold3.com/record/86684640-edgar-a-squires
https://www.fold3.com/record/13097738-edgar-a-squires
https://www.fold3.com/record/528929030-edgar-squires-1924
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20459345/edgar-a-squires#add-to-vc