Louis Jaques Jr

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed near Wegeleben on 7/7/44 in B-24 #44-40110, Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.

492nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-40110

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Georgette
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 859th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Stockton, California

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 7 July 1944

Revisions

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

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Added a connection to A/C #44-40110 listed in the "Summary biography".

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Corrected the name by moving "Jr" from the middle name field to the suffix field.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7229 & Page 306in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co 1998 edition, D790.A2S45