Martin Heathcote
MilitaryShot down in 42-5893 'Sad Sax' 26 July 1943. Prisoner of War (POW) - MACR 197.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36323929
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18040338
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner, Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16003331, O-789459
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Sad Sack
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 26 July 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
8 March 1916 | Freeland, Maryland | |
Enlisted |
26 April 1941 | in Baltimore, Maryland | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
North Sea | 26 July 1943 - 6 June 1945 | Captured near Hannover, Grmany. Interned at Stalag Luft 3, liberated at Stalag 7A Moosburg by US troops 29 April 1945 |
Died |
1 February 1982 | York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Buried |
New Freedom Cemetery, New Freedom, Pennsylvania |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 197 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / RE Bloxom