Austin Patrick Byrne
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by flak and crashed at Hamburg in B-24 42-95561
Captain Byrne was flying with the 44th Bomb Group at the time of his death, but was assigned to the 492nd.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Stormy Weather
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 66th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in action |
6 August 1944 | ||
Born |
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Sources
Fold3: MACR 8081
Findagrave memorial 56297326
2nd Air Division Roll of Honor, held in the American Museum, Norwich
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Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8081 / MACR 8081, http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database