Mack Fitzgerald

Military
media-48074.jpeg UPL 48074 The B-24D - 42-40265 - Honkey Tonk Gal's Crew :

Rear : Left to Right : Leo Sharp - Pilot Hubert Womble - Arthur Thompson - Lawrence Lancashire
Front : Left to Right : Jack Reed - Howard Ford - Mack Fitzgerald - William Little - John English.

Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readability. - Kickapoo

Object Number - UPL 48074 - The B-24D - 42-40265 - Honkey Tonk Gal's Crew : Rear : Left to Right : Leo Sharp - Pilot Hubert Womble - Arthur Thompson -...

Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8Air Force, USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) from the Ploesti mission in the B-24D, 42-40265, Honkey Tonk Gal. Force landed in Romania. Prisoner of War. POW. 1 Aug 43. MACR 330



Awards: DFC, AM, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME (4 battle stars).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18062178 / O-663978
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: - Honkey Tonk Gal - Naked Truth
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fitzgerald, Georgia 2 May 1920 Son of Tharp and Beatrice [Vaughn] Fitzgerald.

Enlisted

Fort Benning, GA 30 December 1941 Fort Benning, Georgia

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Bucharest, Romania 1 August 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Romania

Other

Force landed POW

Vicinity Ploesti, Romania 1 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 42-40265 'Honky Tonk Gal' 1-Aug-43; force landed Romania POW MACR 330

Died

Fitzgerald, GA 10 April 2019

Buried

Evergreen Cemetery Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, GA 14 April 2019 Evergreen Cemetery Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia

Revisions

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ContributorKickapoo
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Removed punctuation marks from around aircraft name for clarity, uniformity, and readablity. - Kickapoo

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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AAM Database.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Self, MACR 330

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