Crawford Elmer Hicks

Military
media-41082.jpeg UPL 41082 Crawford Hicks

crawford collection

Object Number - UPL 41082 - Crawford Hicks

10 missions during May 1944. Shot down 30 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31725 'Casa de Embriagos'. Prisoner of War (POW).



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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38319820
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-691348
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39408813
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39558534
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36301883
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Gremlin's Delight
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lil Ginny, Casa de Embriagos
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 509th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA 10 February 1921

Enlisted

Louisville, Kentucky, USA 4 April 1942 Bowman Field

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 30 May 1944 - 29 April 1945 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 Released by Gen Patton at Mooseburg, Germany.

Died

Warner Robins, Houston County, Georgia, USA 2 October 2021 (aged 100)

Buried

Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA Andersonville National Cemetery

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Added Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 232726337.
Updated Born event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 232726337.
SOURCE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232726337/crawford-elmer-hicks

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Added a connection to Mission 332 to Pas de Calais, Fr per "Prisoner of War Memoirs of Crawford E. Hicks" page 186.

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Added a connection to the Mission (380) to Oschersleben, Ger. per MACR 5236.

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Added an Enlisted event per "U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946" at Ancestry.com.

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Added awards listed in book "Prisoner Of War" by Crawford E. Hicks, Lt. Col. Ret.

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Added a connection to the POW camp where he was imprisoned.

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Added the date his POW camp was liberated by Gen. Patton's troops to the POW event.

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Added a connection to the 8th AF.

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Added tan award mentioned in the "Summary biography" section.

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.

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hicks collection

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Added POW medal per his son Robert Hicks.

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Added connections to crew members per info listed for A/C 42-31725.

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Added birth info per birth record on Ancestry.com

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Added middle name per his son Steve Hicks.

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Added POW camp info per data at National Archives.

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Added birth year per info from his son.

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Ollie E Davis-Hicks, via American Air Museum Memory Book Correspondence.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5236 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / self, MACR 5236

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