Alan Joseph Teague

Military

Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras 1-Apr-44 POW. MACR 3596.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

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

People

Richard Joseph Brady

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 389th Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11066679 / O-688504
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Simon Cohen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11130339
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Charlie Leroy Dugosh

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Air Division 20th Combat Bomb Wing 2nd Combat Bomb Wing 389th Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18201733
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer / Ball Turret Gunner

John Andrew Dutka

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 448th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31277381
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Jesse M Hamby

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant

Aircraft

41-28763

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-52118) nicknamed "Piccadilly Pete" of the 448th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Sweden.'

42-52118

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 712th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft III

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wabash, IN 25 February 1920 Son of Joseph Cooper and Mabel Teague.

Enlisted

Milwaukee, WI 10 November 1941 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 1 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Other

Crash landed

Arras, France 1 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Pforzheim hit by flak, crash landed Arras 1-Apr-44 POW. MACR 3596.

Died

30 August 2012
Rock County, WI, USA

Based

Hethel 1 April 1944 Transferred to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF.
Bridgewater, CT At time of draft registration.

Based

Seething Assigned to 712BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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Contributordmccullo
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Updated connections.

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https://www.fold3.com/image/606188249
https://www.fold3.com/image/137911801
https://www.fold3.com/record/84372714-alan-j-teague
https://www.fold3.com/record/527113990-alan-j-teague

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/606188249
https://www.fold3.com/image/137911801
https://www.fold3.com/record/84372714-alan-j-teague
https://www.fold3.com/record/527113990-alan-j-teague

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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389th BG Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=41-28763
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93733723

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 3596 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database