Ralph T Parker Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 310FRS, 27ATG, 9AF USAAF. Shot down on casualty evacuation mission to St Trond, Belgium in C-47B 43-48395. Crash landed 2.5 miles from Aachen, Germany. 27-Sep-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9621.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33352562
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Role/Job: Flight engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39909510
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-486113
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command 813th Medical Air Evacuation Transportation Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37410314
- Highest Rank: Other
- Role/Job: T3-Surgical Tech
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: IX Air Force Troop Carrier Command 813th Medical Air Evacuation Transportation Squadron
- Service Numbers: N-734426
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Flight Nurse
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Nicknames: Mary
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 310th Ferry Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: BAD-2
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Travis County, TX, USA | 3 July 1920 | |
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Enlisted |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 16 December 1941 | |
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Other Crashed |
Evans, LA 71446, USA | 4 January 1943 | Landing Accident Evans, LA Cat 3 damage 2nd Lt Ralph T Parker Jr, 4-Jan-43. BT-13A 41-11407 based Major Field, TX. |
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Other Shot down |
Aachen, Germany | 27 September 1944 | Shot down on casualty evacuation mission to St Trond, Belgium in C-47B 43-48395. Crash landed 2.5 miles from Aachen, Germany. 27-Sep-44. POW. MACR 9621. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 27 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Austin, TX, USA | 9 August 2003 | |
| Texas, USA | |||
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Based |
Warton | 27 September 1944 | Assigned to 310FRS, 27ATG, 9AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Leslie Veit