Markrel Lawler Byrd

Military

Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort Nancy, France in P-38 42-67854 hit by flak in starboard engine baled at as A/C on fire Evreux Prisoner of War . 6-Feb-44. MACR 2145.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 474th Fighter Group 428th Fighter Squadron 79th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 474th Fighter Group
  • Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
  • Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cherokee County, TX, USA 10 December 1920

Enlisted

San Antonio, TX 78234, USA 23 January 1941 Fort Sam Houston San Antonio, Texas

Based

Kings Cliffe 17 November 1943 - 6 February 1944 Assigned to 79FS, 20FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

E/A Destroyed [0.5]

Germany 14 January 1944 Shared destroyed ETO 14-Jan-44.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 6 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Shot down / baled out

Évreux, France 6 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort Nancy, France in P-38J 42-67854 hit by flak in starboard engine baled at as A/C on fire Evreux Prisoner of War (POW). 6-Feb-44. MACR 2145.

Died

Waco, TX, USA 24 January 1990

Buried

Rosemound Cemetery Waco McLennan County TX 27 January 1990 Rosemound Cemetery Waco McLennan County Texas, USA
Jacksonville, TX 75766, USA

Revisions

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2145 / MACR 2145, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition

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Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list