Foster Jay Hinton
MilitaryShot 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

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

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People

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

- Date: 4 February 1944
Places

- 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
Added the award mentioned in the "Summary biography" section. Added a connection to the 8th AF.
Added a connection to an 8th AF mission.
Added prison camp info from records for WW2 POWs at the National Archives.
Added Death & Burial information from Find A Grave Memorial # 31280043
Associated the Air Base at Bungay to the person.
WW II enlistment records, Find-A-Grave memorial # 31280043 and WW II Air Crew POW records
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