Archie Dean Mull

Military

Object Number - UPL 47532 - Robert K. Ritchie Crew 47th BG - 97th BS - 12th AF L to R: Robert K. Ritchie (P), Archie D. Mull (G), Robert T. Coale (G), Harold D. Hackett...

Assigned to 97BS, 47BG, 12AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) intruder mission out of Grossetto, returning to base with engine difficulties, could not maintain altitude, A/C abandoned. Prisoner of War (POW). 5-Feb-45 MACR 12137.

Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

47th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

97th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert K Ritchie

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 47th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-531510
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

44-577

Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
Nicknames: Hoosier Gal
Unit: 47th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Grosetto

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Grosetto Main

Stalag Luft III

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

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Howe, Oklahoma	3 February 1918	Son of Azure William and Della Canzady [Parsley] Mull.
Enlisted	Tulsa, OK, USA	30 November 1940	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Other Shot down / bailed out	55022 Montefegatesi LU, Italy	5 February 1945	Failed to Return (FTR) intruder mission out of Grossetto, returning to base with engine difficulties, could not maintain altitude, A/C abandoned. POW. 5-Feb-45 MACR 12137.
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Zagan, Poland	5 February 1945	Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.
Other Discharged USAAF		12 October 1945	Honourable discharge
Died	Meridian, Idaho	5 June 2009
Buried	Idaho State Veterans Cemetery Boise, Ada County, ID	8 June 2009	Idaho State Veterans Cemetery Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA Section 2 Row H Site 299
	Oklahoma, USA

Revisions

Date27 Apr 2021 09:03:18

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to middlename, events and place associations

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/612977240
https://www.fold3.com/record/84750316/archie-d-mull-wwii-army-enlistmen…
https://www.fold3.com/record/93719323/archie-dean-mull-social-security-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/623142688/archie-mull-1919-veterans-affair…
https://www.fold3.com/record/715408731/mull-archie-d-u-s-veterans-grave…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72811946/archie-d-mull

Date16 Jan 2021 04:19:31

Contributor466thHistorian

ChangesChanges to role, events and unit associations

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72811946/archie-d-mull

Date1 May 2017 13:55:29

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to biography and awards

Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/46712188
https://www.fold3.com/page/84750316_archie_d%20mull/details/
http://wwii-pows.mooseroots.com/l/69540/Archie-D-Mull
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72811946

Date1 May 2017 13:41:14

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesChanges to biography, events and place associations

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Date1 May 2017 10:43:39

ContributorAl_Skiff

ChangesCreated entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, person associations, unit associations, place associations and aircraft associations

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