Bailey Jackson Lovin Jr
MilitaryShot down 17 May 1943 in B-17 #42-29767 'Boot Hill'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-000093
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-412111
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33284173
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Boot Hill
- Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 17 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
31 January 1921 | Pontotoc, Oklahoma | |
Enlisted |
18 December 1941 | Lubbock, Texas | |
Other Bailed out |
17 May 1943 | of B-17 42-29767 between Carhaix and Spézet, Brittany, France | |
Other made prisoner |
17 May 1943 | near Spézet, France | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
17 May 1943 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated by US troops there on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records "Returned to Military Control 7 June 1945" | |
Died |
26 September 1974 | ||
Lubbock, Texas | |||
Buried |
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15546 / MACR 15546; Snetterton Falcons, pg 24 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database