Courtlyn W Hotchkiss
Military
Fort Collins Coloradan Sun September 14 1947
Object Number - UPL 76645 - Picture of Hotchkiss
17-Mar-44 Shot down by AA fire as Pilot of P-47D 42-8688 79FG/83FS while performing escort for other P-47s performing straffing attacks on a German airfied in France. Crashed SE of Laon, France. 2LT Hotchkiss baled out and managed to evade capture. MACR 3101 1EVD.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 17 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Evaded |
17 March 1944 - 30 August 1944 | Evaded capture and returned to England on 30-Aug-44. Escape & Evasion Report #1225 which may be viewed at: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5555863 | |
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Born |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 27-Feb-2016. Added Noted to Evaded event per NARA Escape and Evasion report # 1225 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5555863
Lee Cunningham 27-Feb-2016. Made connections to Place and Mission; corrected Summary Biography to include mission details and the fact that he evaded capture per MACR 3101 and NARA Escape and Evasion report # 1225 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5555863
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3101 / MACR 3101, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
