Michael Joseph Trick
MilitaryAssigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24 was shot up pretty bad, and crash landed in Romania, escaped wreck along with co pilot WIA/POW. MACR 170.
Awards: DFC, AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16076381 / O-731565
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Margie A Virgin
- Unit: Ninth Air Force
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 39645
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
9 May 1916 | Son of Gabriel Trick. | |
Enlisted |
Camp Wallace, TX | 29 August 1941 | Camp Wallace, Texas |
Other Prisoner Of War POW |
Romania | 1 August 1943 | Flew on 1-Aug-43 Ploesti oil refinery raid, the B-24 was shot up pretty bad, and crash landed in Romania, escaped wreck with co pilot WIA/POW. MACR 170. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
18 February 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
20 December 1979 | ||
Buried |
Holy Trinity Cemetery Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI | 23 December 1979 | Holy Trinity Cemetery Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
Other Assigned |
Benghazi, Libya | 1 August 1943 | 343rd BS, 98th BG, 9th AF. |
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