Albert John Wickline

Military
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. media-395076.jpg FRE 5133 The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 5133 - The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 #42-29867. Prisoner of War (EVD). Missing Air crew Report #838.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Carl William Abele

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-735151
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Thomas Carroll Breen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-676345
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Clyde Thomas Bush

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37128669
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: MOS 748 Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

Bedford Bruce Candler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-798966
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot
The insignia of the 544th Bomb Squadron, 384th Bomb Group.

James William Deese

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14139217
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-29867

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lucifer II
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron 364th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Columbus, OH, USA 3 October 1942 Residence: Columbiana County, Ohio Private, Air Corps

Other

Assigned

3 September 1943 Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 544th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #88 dated 3 September 1943, Walter Gordon Williams Crew. Four combat missions.

Other

Evaded Capture

Germany 14 October 1943 - 12 March 1944 Escape and Evasion Report Number 2770 http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-2770.pdf

Born

Salem, Ohio, USA

Revisions

Date18 Jul 2015 22:08:22
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Sources

http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=7525

Date18 Jul 2015 22:07:19
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ChangesChanges to service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations, mission associations and media associations
Sources

http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=7525

http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf…

Date27 Sep 2014 18:03:08
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 838 / MACR 838, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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