Jack Franklin Hickey
Military
Amended caption
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39167609
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16083820 / O-707053
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 10600982
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-681758
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12167890
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Slick, OK | 30 June 1922 | Son of Henry C Hickey. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Crowder, Neosho, MO | 11 June 1942 | Camp Crowder, Neosho, Missouri |
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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. | |
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Died |
Forsyth, MO | 11 February 2003 | |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 22 May 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
| Springfield, MO |
Revisions
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https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1715
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4954 / MACR 4954, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database