Augustus Cadman Tracy

Military
media-56033.jpeg UPL 56033 The Augustus C. Tracy Lead Crew. Top Row L-R; Maj. Augustus C. Tracy (Command Pilot), Capt. Philip D. Riblet Jr. (P), 1/Lt. William J. Cleary (CP), 2/Lt. Stanley J. Maixiner (Radar Nav), 1/Lt. Stanley O. Anderson (N), 1/Lt. William J. Fields (Pilotage Nav), 1/Lt. Charles B. Gilfeather (B). Kneeling L-R - S/Sgt. James Dobravec (WG), T/Sgt. Quentin Fackrell (E/TT), S/Sgt. Anton Harkabus (WG), T/Sgt. Thomas Campana (RO), S/Sgt. Franklin Rose (WG), S/Sgt. John Theile (TG).

Photo from the collection of T/Sgt. Thomas J. Campana, 701st Bomb Sqn, 445th Bomb Group

Object Number - UPL 56033 - The Augustus C. Tracy Lead Crew. Top Row L-R; Maj. Augustus C. Tracy (Command Pilot), Capt. Philip D. Riblet Jr. (P), 1/Lt. William J. Cleary (CP),...

Assigned to 701BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF. 30 combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Queens, NY 8 February 1920

Enlisted

New York City, NY 1 October 1941 New York City New York

Died

Southbury, CT 22 March 1995

Buried

New North Cemetery, Woodbury, Litchfield County, CT 25 March 1995 New North Cemetery Woodbury, Litchfield County, CT

Based

Tibenham Assigned to 701BS, 445BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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https://www.fold3.com/record/12428921-augustus-c-tracy
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30085927/augustus-cadman-tracy

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Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Augustus Cadman Tracy: Gallery (2 items)

Object number: UPL 56033 - The Augustus C. Tracy Lead Crew. Top Row L-R; Maj...

Object number: UPL 56066 - Major Augustus Cadman Tracy, 445BG