John C Tracey Jr

Military

Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 7/11/44 in B-24 'Tequila Daisy' #44-40168, Interned (INT).

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Tequila Daisy

44-40168

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tequila Daisy
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 857th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Highland Park, Michigan, USA

Other

Interned (INT)

Switzerland 11 July 1944

Revisions

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Copied "Summary biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so one dup person can be deleted.
Changed the location of the "Interned" event to "Switzerland” per info in the "Summary biography".

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the surname field to the suffix field and moving the last name from the middle name field to the surname field.

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 6934 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database