Jack Franklin Hickey

Military
media-33400.png UPL 33400 Second Lieutenant Jack Hickey, 384th Bomb Group

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Object Number - UPL 33400 - Second Lieutenant Jack Hickey, 384th Bomb Group

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. 7 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel in B-17 42-102402 22-May-44; dropped out of formation, went into spin. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4954



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18186604
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane.  Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.  The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16018890 / O-690928
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31216315
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17152119
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15115217
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear, four men kneeling in front.  The men are wearing combat flying gear.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Green Mountain Gal
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Slick, OK 30 June 1922 Son of Henry C Hickey.

Enlisted

Camp Crowder, Neosho, MO 11 June 1942 Camp Crowder, Neosho, Missouri

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 22 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Baled out POW

Kiel, Germany 22 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Kiel in B-17 42-102402 22-May-44; dropped out of formation, went into spin. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4954

Other

Discharged USAAF

24 December 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Forsyth, MO 11 February 2003

Based

Grafton Underwood 22 May 1944 Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.
Springfield, MO

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