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Assigned to 718BS, 449BG, 15AF USAAF. 2 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Mostar, Yugo 14-Jan-44 in B-24 41-28606; A/C hit by bombs form A/C above. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2070
Awards: PH.
Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 449th Bomb Group
Assigned to 718BS, 449BG, 15AF USAAF. 2 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Mostar, Yugo 14-Jan-44 in B-24 41-28606; A/C hit by bombs form A/C above. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2070
Awards: AM, PH.
The Fifteenth Air Force was one of two Strategic Air forces in Europe, along with the Eighth Air Force.
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Group
The group was constituted as 449th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 6 April 1943 and activated on 1 May at Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona.[2] its original components were the 716th,[3] 717th,[4] 718th,[5] and 719th Bombardment Squadrons.[6]
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Squadron
B-24 Liberator
An original cadre ship acquired 27-Oct-43 and assigned to Pickard’s crew who flew her overseas in Dec-43. The ship with Pickard’s crew aboard was downed over Mostar, Yugoslavia, on 14-Jan-44. She was hit by bombs dropped from another B-24 overhead in...
Military site : airfield
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| Born | Ohio, USA | 1922 |
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Son of Wheeler A and Clara E Brown. |
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| Enlisted | Columbus, OH | 10 November 1942 |
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Columbus, Ohio |
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| Based | Grottaglie | 1943 – 14 January 1944 |
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Assigned to 718BS, 449BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Mostar, Yugoslavia | 14 January 1944 |
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Failed to Return (FTR) Mostar, Yugo 14-Jan-44 in B-24 41-28606; A/C hit by bombs form A/C above. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2070 |
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| Buried | Williamstown Cemetery Arlington, Hancock County, OH | 13 November 1949 |
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Re-Interred |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 02 February 2020 21:50:49 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28713727 |
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