Jeane Martin Hicks

Military

Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-24 #42-109827. Prisoner of War (POW)

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

22 April 1924

Prisoner of war

8 April 1944 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Died

20 June 2011

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

8 April 1944

Buried

Dambacher Mountain Memorial Cemetery

Revisions

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Added S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&cat=GP24&…

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Copied the "Summary Biography" from a Duplicate person as part of a merge operation of dup people so the dup person can be deleted.

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Added a POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Updated Born event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 71885285

Added Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 71885285

SOURCE:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71885285/jeane-martin-hicks

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Added Middle name per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 71885285. 

SOURCE:   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71885285/jeane-martin-hicks

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Capitalized the Words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3858 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp