Archie Dean Mull

Military
media-47532.jpeg 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 (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

A-26 Invaders, including (serial number 43-22575) of the 47th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force lined up in Italy.
  • 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].'
  • 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

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

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