Armand Adelard Cournoyer

Military

Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Dick Wong crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven mission 3-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31056; crew baled out due to runaway engine. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2494



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-745990
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 306th Bomb Group

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Webster, Worcester County, MA 8 December 1921 Son of Job Phillip and Lillian R [Chauvin] Cournoyer.

Enlisted

Springfield, MA 17 August 1942 Springfield, Massachusetts

Other

Baled out POW

West of Wilhelmshaven, Germany 3 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven mission 3-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31056; crew baled out due to runaway engine. POW MACR 2494

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 3 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

11 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Yarmouth Port, MA 28 September 1999

Buried

Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne, Barnstable County, MA Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Based

Thurleigh 3 February 1944 Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Data entry correction, reference to 309BG corrected to 306BG

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 2494, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia