Gerald Carter Bacon
MilitaryAssigned to 512BS, 376BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Wiener Neustadt, Austria 2-Nov-43 in B-24 42-73084 'Ropes McGonigle' Prisoner of War (POW)
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, American Campaign, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: 'Ropes McGonigle'
- Unit: 376th Bomb Group 515th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Soluch Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pembroke, Georgia | 12 December 1917 | Born Pembroke, Georgia |
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Prisoner of war |
Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany | 2 November 1943 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft I |
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Died |
23 December 1966 | ||
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Buried |
Northside Cemetery, Georgia | 26 December 1966 | Interred Northside Cemetery Pembroke, Bryan County, Georgia |