Russell Jay Alcott
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out at low level. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849
Awards: AM(OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060557 / O-742628
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Schenevus, NY | 19 December 1921 | Son of Carlton Raymond and Rose R [Greengrow] Alcott. NOK: Wife Lois L [Ray] Alcott, residing Houston, Texas, for duration WWII. |
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Enlisted |
Albany, NY | 4 September 1940 | |
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Other Baled out POW |
Hanover, Germany | 8 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out at low level. POW. MACR 3849 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 8 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Madison County, AL | 28 March 2010 | |
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Based |
Shipdham | 8 April 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Promotion |
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Received news from his mother-in-law whilst POW. | ||
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Other Specialist training |
Midland AAF, TX | Bombardier school; Midland AAF, TX | |
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Other Married |
Odessa, TX | Married Lois Lometa Ray in Odessa, Texas, Apr-43. | |
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Buried |
Valhalla Memory Gardens, Huntsville, AL | Valhalla Memory Gardens Huntsville, Madison County, AL |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database