Assigned to 449BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Siracourt, France in B-26 41-31767. A/C abandoned due to flak damage, bailed out near the coast of France [Berck sur mer]. Prisoner of War (POW). 21-Apr-44. MACR 4308.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Bomber pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 449BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Siracourt, France in B-26 41-31767. A/C abandoned due to flak damage, bailed out near the coast of France [Berck sur mer]. Prisoner of War (POW). 21-Apr-44. MACR 4308.
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Units served with
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Group
The 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth...
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Aircraft
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B-26 Marauder
Assigned to 449BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Siracourt,France. Damaged badly enough by AAA [hit in port engine, which was feathered and undercarriage dropped, possibly hydraulic damage] on the 21-Apr-44 mission to cause the crew to bail...
Associated Place
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Military site : airfield
The base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...
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Events
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Location |
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Lived in |
Kentucky, USA |
1942 |
Enlisted |
Cincinnati, OH, USA |
15 September 1942 |
Based |
Andrews Field |
1943 – 21 April 1944 |
Assigned to 449BS, 322BG, 9AF USAAF.
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Shot down / baled out |
62600 Berck, France |
21 April 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) Siracourt, France in B-26 41-31767. A/C abandoned due to flak damage, bailed out near the coast of France [Berck sur mer]. POW. 21-Apr-44. MACR 4308.
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Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria |
21 April 1944 – 15 May 1945 |
Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft XVIIb.
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Buried |
Central Ave, Pewee Valley, KY 40056, USA |
October 2013 |
Saint Aloysius Cemetery
Pewee Valley
Oldham County
Kentucky, USA
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Died |
Louisville, KY, USA |
18 October 2013 |