Evert Bray Reed
MilitaryAssigned to 49TCS, 313TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Re-supply mission to Carentin peninsula 7-Jun-44; Crashed in swamp Kairtan, FR Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 6013
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 313th Troop Carrier Group 49th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-729824
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 313th Troop Carrier Group 49th Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Sheridan, OR | 16 July 1921 | Son of Archibald Lytle and Addie Estelle 'Etta' Bray Reed. |
Enlisted |
Portland Airbase, OR | 16 June 1942 | Portland Airbase, Oregon |
Other Crashed POW |
Cherbourg Peninsula, France | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Re-supply mission to Carentin peninsula 7-Jun-44; Crashed in swamp Kairtan, FR Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 6013 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 7 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Died |
San Diego, CA | 6 June 2015 | |
Buried |
Alpine Cemetery Alpine, San Diego County, CA | 10 June 2015 | Alpine Cemetery Alpine, San Diego County, CA |
Based |
Folkingham | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 49TCS, 313TCG, 9AF USAAF. |