Liston Arthur Bascom
MilitaryNavigator, Owen crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-29976 'Sad Sack'. Mission #12 to the Focke-Wulf factory in Hamburg. MACR 128. Plane crashed into North Sea. Evaded for 9 days until turned in by a civilian. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag VIIA.
Arlington, CA
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36057922
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734504
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39185046
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38178252
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Wendell, ID | 20 June 1917 | |
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Enlisted |
Riverside, CA | 6 May 1941 | March Field |
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Other Prisoner of War |
3 August 1943 - 7 August 1943 | Dulag Luft | |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Zagan, Poland | 9 August 1943 - 27 January 1945 | Stalag Luft III |
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Other Prisoner of War |
Moosburg, Germany | 3 February 1945 - 29 April 1945 | Stalag VIIA |
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Died |
Port Townsend, WA | 12 May 2009 | |
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Based |
Ridgewell | 25 July 1943 | |
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Buried |
Kent, WA | Tahoma National Cemetery Plot 9E 754 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 128 / MACR 128, www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx">www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database