Paul Hinckley McConnell

Military
media-35375.png UPL 35375 Paul H. McConnell

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Object Number - UPL 35375 - Paul H. McConnell

Navigator, Ballinger Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 4 July 1943 in B-17 #42-29928. Mission #7 to the Gnome-Rhone engine factory in Le Mans, France. MACR 161. Evaded. Escape & Evasion Report E&E 380. See the page about his evasion at http://www.evasioncomete.org/fmcconnph.html

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Units served with

The insignia of the 381st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-736459
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35661197
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19069301 at enlistment, then O-737353
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot / Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39242710
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34315087
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Fort Wayne, Indiana 22 April 1920

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Evaded

4 July 1943 - 5 February 1944 EE report 380

Died

Lake Forest, CA, USA 9 October 2000

Based

4 July 1943

Buried

Ascension Cemetery Sec A Tier 18 Lake Forest, CA

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Link to his page at www.evasioncomete.org

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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999, MACR 161 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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