Ernest Isaac Mitchell
MilitaryShot down 27 May 1944 in B-24 #42-95091. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16059738 at enlistment, then O-793811
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18189055
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16026553
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 567th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12032548
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
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Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Ramirena Creek, Texas | 19 February 1914 | |
Enlisted |
29 June 1942 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 27 May 1944 | captured in Püttlingen, Germany, near the crash location of B-24 #42-95091 |
Died |
25 October 1979 | ||
Calvin, Hughes County, Oklahoma | |||
Richmond, California |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 5260
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5260 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database