Foster Jay Hinton

Military

Shot down by fighters on the return from a mission to the Marshalling Yards at Frankfurt on 4 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7542 'Black Widow. ' Plane crashed SE of Albert, FR. POW.

The pilot kept the aircraft up for others.

POW

Connections

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Marvin Wright Garber

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15095550 / O-678230
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-7542

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Black Widow
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 707th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Aerial photograph of Bungay (Flixton) airfield, looking south, the technical site- with T2 hangar- and control tower are to the right, where the main airfield gate is also situated, 16 October 1945. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/930. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bungay

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Flixton

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chippewa County, WI, USA 15 September 1921

Enlisted

Eau Claire, WI, USA 11 April 1942

Died

St Paul, MN, USA 26 November 1985

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Vogelsang, 18356 Barth, Germany 4 February 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia

Buried

Cornell, WI 54732, USA

Revisions

Date11 Jan 2020 20:45:07
Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to Hinton's serial #.

Date11 Jan 2020 18:32:53
Contributorjmoore43
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Added the award mentioned in the "Summary biography" section. Added a connection to the 8th AF.
Added a connection to an 8th AF mission.

Date1 Sep 2019 20:59:07
Contributorjmoore43
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Added prison camp info from records for WW2 POWs at the National Archives.

Date23 Jan 2018 04:48:24
Contributorjmoore43
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Added Death & Burial information from Find A Grave Memorial # 31280043

Date23 Jan 2018 04:36:19
Contributorjmoore43
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Associated the Air Base at Bungay to the person.

Date23 Jan 2018 04:34:10
Contributorjmoore43
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Corrected a typo in the "Summary bio"

Date3 Feb 2016 18:13:52
Contributorjmoore43
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WW II enlistment records, Find-A-Grave memorial # 31280043 and WW II Air Crew POW records

Date27 Sep 2014 18:09:43
ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2248 / MACR 2248, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 49-51 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database