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Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Steyr, Austria in B-17 42-31437 24-Feb-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Enns, Austria; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2636.
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 301st Bomb Group
Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Steyr, Austria in B-17 42-31437 24-Feb-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Enns, Austria; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2636.
Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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Group
Activated 3-February-1942 at Geiger Field, Washington and equipped with B-17s. On 27-May-1942 the ground unit moved to Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, and the aircraft went to Muroc Army Air Field (now Edwards Air Force Base), California for...
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 3/11/43; Assigned 352BS, 301BG, 15AF Cerignola 7/12/43; Lucera 1/2/44; Missing in Action 31m Steyr, Austria 24/2/44 with Charles E Abramson, Edward Barsditis, Meyer Markowitz, Roland Parker, Alfred Barilotti, Alex Ciegler, Richard...
Other location
Other location
Military site : airfield
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Ellis County, TX | 13 October 1915 |
| Enlisted | San Antonio, TX | 30 March 1942 |
| Based | Lucera | 1943 – 24 February 1944 |
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Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out POW | Enns, Austria | 24 February 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Steyr, Austria in B-17 42-31437 24-Feb-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Enns, Austria; POW MACR 2636. |
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| Prisoner of War (POW) | Barth, Germany | 24 February 1944 – May 1945 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft |
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| Discharged USAAF | 1 November 1945 | |
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Honourable discharge. |
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| Died | Bellaire, TX | 25 November 1984 |
| Buried | Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, TX | 30 November 1984 |
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Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 December 2018 09:48:02 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events and person associations |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 December 2018 09:46:34 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28614621 |
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