Archie Dean Mull
Military
47th BG - 97th BS - 12th AF
L to R: Robert K. Ritchie (P), Archie D. Mull (G), Robert T. Coale (G), Harold D. Hackett (RN)
This crew was shot down flying A-20K 44-577 (not the A-20B in photo) on 23 Feb 1945.
Ritchie was KIA. Coale was not onboard. Mull was captured. Hackett evaded and returned to duty.
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- 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
- Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
- Nicknames: Hoosier Gal
- Unit: 47th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
![Ground personnel of the 51st Fighter Group, 10th Air Force work on a P-47 Thunderbolt (serial number 42-29264). Handwritten caption on reverse: '51 FG, 316 FS, [illegible].'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-457064.jpg.webp?itok=K4c3SuWM)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grosetto Main
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Howe, Oklahoma | 3 February 1918 | Son of Azure William and Della Canzady [Parsley] Mull. |
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Enlisted |
Tulsa, OK, USA | 30 November 1940 | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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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. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 5 February 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
12 October 1945 | Honourable discharge | |
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Died |
Meridian, Idaho | 5 June 2009 | |
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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
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