Armand Adelard Cournoyer
MilitaryAssigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. Dick Wong crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven mission 3-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31056; crew baled out due to runaway engine. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2494
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 369th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-745990
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 3 February 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Webster, Worcester County, MA | 8 December 1921 | Son of Job Phillip and Lillian R [Chauvin] Cournoyer. |
Enlisted |
Springfield, MA | 17 August 1942 | Springfield, Massachusetts |
Other Baled out POW |
West of Wilhelmshaven, Germany | 3 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Wilhelmshaven mission 3-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31056; crew baled out due to runaway engine. POW MACR 2494 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 3 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
11 November 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Yarmouth Port, MA | 28 September 1999 | |
Buried |
Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne, Barnstable County, MA | Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts | |
Based |
Thurleigh | 3 February 1944 | Assigned to 369BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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306th BG Association Directory, 1 September 1999 Edition; MACR 2494, 8th AF Losses / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia