Archie F Bridges

Military
media-27410.jpeg UPL 27410 1st Lt Archie F Bridges 364FS, 357FG, 8AF.

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Object Number - UPL 27410 - 1st Lt Archie F Bridges 364FS, 357FG, 8AF.

Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod Berlin. Mechanical failure, caused bale out Buschow on 19-May-44 in P-51D 42-106648. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4809.

Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-106648

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron

43-6848

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 357th Fighter Group 364th Fighter Squadron

Places

Aerial photograph of Leiston airfield looking south, the control tower and technical site are to the right, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/929. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Leiston

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Theberton/Saxmundham

Stalag Luft III

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Cleveland County, NC, USA 23 December 1921 Son of Fred M and Sally K Bridges.

Enlisted

Charlotte, NC, USA 12 May 1942

Based

Leiston 12 December 1943 - 19 May 1944 Assigned to 364FS, 357FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Leiston IP16, UK 4 May 1944 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Baled out

Buschow, 14715 Märkisch Luch, Germany 19 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Ramrod Berlin. Mechanical failure, caused bale out Buschow on 19-May-44 in P-51D 42-106648. POW. MACR 4809.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Zagan, Poland 19 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III.

Died

Shelby, NC, USA 21 August 1989

Buried

Shelby, NC, USA Cleveland Memorial Park Shelby Cleveland County North Carolina, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4809 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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