Ray Nolan Atteberry

Military
media-22890.jpeg UPL 22890 Lt Ray N Atteberry, [ Albion IL ], 504th Fighter Squadron. P-51B 42-106773 5Q-V "Dinny II". Lt Atteberry became a POW on 29 July 1944 whilst flying P-51B 42-106642

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Object Number - UPL 22890 - Lt Ray N Atteberry, [ Albion IL ], 504th Fighter Squadron. P-51B 42-106773 5Q-V "Dinny II". Lt Atteberry became a POW on 29 July 1944 whilst flying...

Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Merseburg. After combat with 2 x Bf109's shot down. Crashed near Rossleben in P-51B 42-106642 on 29-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7722.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-106642

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 504th Fighter Squadron

42-106773

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Dinny II
  • Unit: 339th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron 504th Fighter Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wayne County, MI, USA 6 November 1921

Enlisted

Detroit, MI, USA 10 June 1942

Other

Assigned

Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK 24 May 1944 - 8 August 1944 Assigned to 504FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

06571 Roßleben, Germany 29 July 1944 Crashed near Roßleben in P-51B 42-106642 on 29-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7722.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 29 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Promotion

Fowlmere, Royston SG8, UK 8 August 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Died

Michigan, USA 23 May 2000
Albion, IL 62806, USA

Buried

Hersey, MI 49639, USA Oakdale Cemetery Hersey Osceola County Michigan, USA

Revisions

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Sources

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7722 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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