Assigned to 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group, 8th AF USAAF.
Failed to Return (FTR) raid to Luztkendorf, Germany. Hit by Flak and abandoned, 5 x EVD, 5 x POW. 28-May-44. MACR 5390.
Wreckage of the aircraft was discovered by Marcel Dubois in Belgium.
Service
Units
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Group
The 486th Bomb Group flew both B-24s and B-17s, swapping from the former aircraft to the latter in late July 1944 after 49 missions. In total the Group flew 292 missions during the war and remarkably the 834th Bomb Squadron lost no aircraft or...
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People
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Military | Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Shot down 28 May 1944 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW
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Military | Sergeant | Radio Operator | 486th Bomb Group
Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Right Waist Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Four missions. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory.
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Military | Flight Officer | Bombardier | 486th Bomb Group
Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' Evaded. Hidden by the Belgium people, liberated in September, 1944 by the American Army.
Awards: WWII Victory.
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Military | Major | Pilot | 486th Bomb Group
Named his A/C after LSU's mascot Mike the tiger, as he was a former track star at Louisiana State University.
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Military | Staff Sergeant | Ball Turret Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' Evaded. Hidden by the Belgium people, liberated in September, 1944 by the American Army.
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Military | Sergeant | Nose Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Fellow Louisiana State University Alumni, influential in the naming of Lt Alfred Sanders B-24. Only flew 5 missions. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' Evaded. Lived with Belgian...
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Military | Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 486th Bomb Group
Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory.
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Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 486th Bomb Group
Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-24 42-52764 'Mike, Spirit of LSU', Evaded (EVD). Lived with Belgian Underground from May till September 1944.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Places
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Military site : airfield
Situated between the villages of Great Waldingfield and Acton, the airfield was used by the 486th Bomb Group from March 1944 to August 1945. Facilities for administrative offices for the Combat Wing were also made available here and along with barrack...
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Events
Event |
Location |
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Assigned |
Sudbury, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10, UK |
1944 |
Assigned to 833rd Bomb Squadron, 486th Bomb Group, 8th AF USAAF.
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Crashed |
Houssière Wood, Braine-le-Comte, Belgium |
28 May 1944 – 28 May 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) raid to Luztkendorf, Germany. Hit by Flak and abandoned, 5 x EVD, 5 x POW. 28-May-44. MACR 5390.
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