Martin Paul Bachicha
MilitaryShot down by flak burst and crashed N of St Pol, FR on a mission to Wizernes, FR on 19 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31926 'Lovell's Hovel'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Date: 21 February 1944
- Date: 20 February 1944
- Date: 6 February 1944
- Date: 5 February 1944
- Date: 3 February 1944
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Encino, New Mexico | 11 November 1921 | |
| El Paso, Texas | 16 February 1942 | 3664 Bishop | |
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Enlisted |
Lubbock, TX | 21 March 1942 | |
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Other POW |
Moosberg, Germany | 25 March 1944 | Stalag 7A (dates are approximate) |
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Died |
El Paso, Texas | 28 December 1993 | |
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Buried |
Fort Bliss National Cemetery | 31 December 1993 | Fort Bliss National Cemetery El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA Plot Section D, Site 2749 |
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Other Shot Down/Captured |
Wavrans-sur-Ternoise, France | 19 March 1944 | On 19March1944 (at about 4pm- at 21,000' ) his plane (Lovell's Hovel) was hit by Flak (near the radio room) after bombs were away; the plane began burning and filled with smoke. Thanks to the skilled flying of the Pilot, James Lovell and Co-Pilot, Walter Brookings, two chutes were able to emerge (Kardos & Oldham), with one on fire (Oldham - who was severely burned); 20 seconds later, the plane exploded. Two crew members where blown out of the plane. Lewis & Bachicha, thankfully had their chutes on. ALL 4 crew were later captured by the Germans and were POW's |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3242 / MACR 3242, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database