Ralph Cash Andrews Jr
Military15 April 1944, Oberpfaffenhofen; Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-17 #42-102448, Berlin. 2nd Lt. James A. Bouvier, pilot. Plane hit by flak over Berlin. Plane finished off by Me109, 15km NNW of Coswig. Wounded in right thigh. Prisoner of War (POW). Interned Lazarette Obermasfeld and Meiningen, 9 May 1944 to 20 September 1944. Interned Stalag Luft IV, 22 September 1944 to 6 February 1945. Camp evacuated and marched across Germany until 2 May 1945.
AM/ PH/ POW/ EAME
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Mexican Hay Ride
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Died |
6 November 2012 | ||
|
Born |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA | ||
|
Buried |
Robinson Memorial Gardens, Easly, South Carolina | ||
|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 29 April 1944 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4242 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 4242, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…