Ivon Eugene McCarty

Military

Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Zietz in B-17 44-8017 'Sad Sack'; Shot down by intense flak 30-Nov-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 11125



Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Irwin J Epstein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-769269
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomardier

Theodore George Ramsdell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11008596 / O-428563
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-8017

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Sad Sack
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Missions

731

  • Date: 30 November 1944

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Clinton, Tennessee 3 August 1922 Son of James Floyd and Julia Elizabeth [Lyke] McCarty.

Enlisted

Camp Forrest, TN 8 October 1942 Camp Forrest, Tennessee

Other

Baled out POW

Zietz, Germany 30 November 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Zietz in B-17 44-8017 Sad Sack'; Shot down by intense flak 30-Nov-44. POW MACR 11125

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 30 November 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

3 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Clinton, TN 9 December 1999

Based

Kimbolton 30 November 1944 Assigned to 527BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/50291180-ivon-e-mccarty
https://www.fold3.com/record/84070920-ivon-e-mccarty
https://www.fold3.com/record/629027584-ivon-mccarty-1922
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53761274/ivan-eugene-mccarty

Date
ContributorHotelie1970
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Sources

General Order 582 from Headquarters 1st Bombardment Division, Office of the Commanding General, by Command of Brigadier General Turner, dated 4 December 1944.

Date
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https://www.fold3.com/record/50291180-ivon-e-mccarty
https://www.fold3.com/record/84070920-ivon-e-mccarty
https://www.fold3.com/record/629027584-ivon-mccarty-1922
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53761274/ivan-eugene-mccarty

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; MACR 11125; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 332