Marvin Robert Mickey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-13700.jpeg UPL 13700 1st Lt. Thomas E. Scrivner - pilot, 2nd Lt. Benjamin R. Toczyl - navigator
2nd Lt. Everett P. Anderson - copilot, 2nd Lt. Maurice E. Hause - bombardier
T/Sgt. W.F. Coll - engineer/top turret gunner, S/Sgt. W.L. Hazelton - gunner
Sgt. R.M. Shay - gunner, Sgt. T.F. Schappart - gunner
S/Sgt. W.M. Patrick - tail gunner, Sgt. M.R. Mickey - gunner

Part of this crew flew the low-level mission to Ploesti, Romania and was lost over the target when the time-delay fused bombs from planes over the target earlier exploded and took the plane down, killing the crew. The pilots, Lts. Scrivner and Anderson flew the mission with some of the crew who volunteered to go after already completing a 25 mission tour. T/Sgt. William Coll (engineer/TTG), Sgt. Thomas Schappart (LWG) and Sgt. Marvin Mickey (RWG) from the regular crew and four other men scrapped together for the mission tried to take-off in one plane, but a bad fuel leak forced them to take another B-24 ("Scrappy II" a B-24D-53-CO s/n 42-40375). The other four men were; 2nd Lt. Robert E. Young, a bombardier from the 506th BS; 1st Lt. Philip P. Phillips - navigator; T/Sgt. Channing N. Satterfield - radio operator; S/Sgt. Hugh J. Malone - tail gunner.

Corrected associations so they reflect who is in the photograph

Object Number - UPL 13700 - 1st Lt. Thomas E. Scrivner - pilot, 2nd Lt. Benjamin R. Toczyl - navigator 2nd Lt. Everett P. Anderson - copilot, 2nd Lt. Maurice E. Hause -...

Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY with 9AF for Ploesti raid. Killed in action (KIA) on Ploesti raid, on 1-Aug-43, while TDY with 9th AF in B-24 42-40375 'Scrappy II'. MACR 1646





Awards: DFC, PH.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95260) nicknamed "Lili Marlene" of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group flies in formation with two comrades. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-24 H & B-24 J OF 44th B.G. 66th Sqdn'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19067132 / O-728030
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Scrappy II
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron

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Born

Plainview, Texas 11 May 1920 Son of Alfred C and Mary Jane [Albert] Mickey.

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Killed in action

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Killed in action (KIA) on Ploesti raid, on 1-Aug-43, while TDY with 9th AF in B-24 42-40375 'Scrappy II'.

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, MO Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri

Based

1 August 1943 Assigned to 66BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1646

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