Earl Dean Proulx

Military

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16060557 / O-742628
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Shack Rabbit
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Blue Island, IL 4 August 1921 Son Frank A Proulx.

Enlisted

Tacoma, WA 21 August 1942

Other

Baled out POW

Hanover, Germany 8 April 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. POW. MACR 3849

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 8 April 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag luft III.

Other

Discharged USAAF

26 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

13 May 1972

Buried

New Tacoma Cemetery, University Place, WA 18 May 1972 New Tacoma Cemetery University Place, Pierce County, WA Catholic Garden

Based

Shipdham 8 April 1944 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.
Tacoma, WA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database