O'Ferrel E Lee

Military

Shot down 8-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28650 'Rooster'. Baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

41-28650

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Rooster
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron

42-52299

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Hard T Get
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 732nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Baled out

Amiens, France 18 March 1944 Shot down 8-Apr-44 in B-24 41-28650 'Rooster'. Baled out. Prisoner of War (POW).

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 18 March 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.
Eskong, Mississippi

Based

Old Buckenham 18 March 1944 Assigned to 732BS, 453BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3929