Avery Briggs Houchard
MilitaryB-24H #41-29416 'Rebel Yell' collided with another aircraft after being hit by flak over the target of Berlin and crashed W of Oranienburg, GR on 22 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742671
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Rebel Yell
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 22 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Florida, USA | 12 November 1911 | |
Enlisted |
Camp Blanding Aaf/Ng, Starke, FL 32091, USA | 19 October 1942 | |
Died |
Clearwater, FL, USA | 28 December 1947 | |
Buried |
Clearwater, FL, USA | 31 December 1947 | Clearwater Municipal Cemetery Clearwater Pinellas County Florida, USA |
Other Shot Down-Bailed Out |
Oranienburg, Germany | 22 March 1944 | |
St. Petersburg, FL, USA | |||
Other POW |
Barth, Germany | Stalag Luft I |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3491 / MACR 3491, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database