Marcel J St Louis
Military
Object Number - UPL 51445 - S/Sgt Marcel J St Louis, 367BS, 306BG. Passenger aboard B-17 42-3090, when it force landed in Clonakilty , Ireland en-route to the UK.
Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF.
7-Apr-43, B-17 42-3090 'Taint-a-bird' force landed near Clonakilty, County Cork Ireland. Crew safe. Marcel was a passenger on board. RTD
1-May-43, Wounded on a raid to St. Nazaire. Flying as a gunner in the left waist position on that raid while the gunner in the right hand position was killed by flak. WIA
28-Jul-43 B-17 42-3076 suffered severe flak damage on Kassel mission. Lieutenant Thomas and crew crash landed at RAF Station Hawkings, Kent. A/C burnt. Crew safe. RTD
Shot down 14-Oct-43 in B-17 42-30175. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 822
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791163
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: T'aint A Bird
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 334th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Detroit, Michigan | 7 March 1917 | |
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Enlisted |
Detroit, MI | 28 August 1942 | Detroit, Michigan |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 14 October 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
2 May 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Doylestown, PA | 13 February 1995 | |
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Based |
Thurleigh | 14 October 1943 | Assigned to 367BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Repatriated ZI |
New York, NY | Repatriated home early perhaps due to injuries, arriving in New York in Feb-45 aboard the SS Gripsholm with other former POW's. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/record/43998304/marcel-j-st-louis-social-security…
https://www.fold3.com/record/84433376/louis-marcel-j-st-wwii-army-enlis…
https://www.fold3.com/record/702957920/st-louis-marcel-j-us-wwii-hospit…
https://www.fold3.com/record/702696594/st-louis-marcel-j-us-wwii-hospit…
https://www.fold3.com/record/704283953/st-louis-marcel-j-us-wwii-hospit…
http://www.ww2irishaviation.com/clonakilty.htm
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 822, Losses of the 8th & 9th AF Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 203
