Louis Joseph Trosclair
Military
Object Number - UPL 70261 - S/Sgt Louis J. Trosclair
Assigned to 566BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. He was the Engineer/Top Turret Gunner on B-24 42-50511 which crashed near Surbourg, Alsace, France on 5 September 1944. Taken prisoner, he was held at Stalag Luft IV in Gross Tychow, Prussia (Tychowo, Poland). Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, EAME (1BS), WWII Victory.
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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: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Observer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 445th Bomb Group 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (93rd Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: 19018109 / O-745854
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot / Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11066624 at enlistment, then O-805900
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 September 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
24 January 1922 | BornThibodaux, Louisiana | |
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Enlisted |
13 October 1942 | EnlistedNew Orleans, Louisiana | |
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Other Baled out |
5 September 1944 | over Alsace, France, from B-24 42-50511 | |
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Other Landed in parachute |
5 September 1944 | north-east of Haguenau, France | |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
5 September 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Interned in Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control : 27 February 1946." | |
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Other Discharged |
22 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
7 May 2009 | DiedLafourche Parish, Louisiana | |
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Buried |
10 May 2009 | InterredSaint Joseph CemeteryThibodaux, Louisiana |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/694377895
https://www.fold3.com/record/93614619/louis-j-trosclair-us-social-security-death-index
https://www.fold3.com/record/90442734/louis-j-trosclair-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946
https://www.fold3.com/record/624128718/louis-trosclair-1922-us-veterans…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37112534/louis-joseph-trosclair
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS File
MACR 8599
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8599 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
