Percy Linville Bingham
Military
National Archives
Object Number - UPL 73577 - MACR Page 1 for Percy Bingham
Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Rhubarb to Giessen, hit by flak, belly landed near Namur on 6-Sep-44 in P-47 42-76512 Evaded (EVD). MACR 8563. Died from burns sustained in fire after a landing accident at Eagle Pass Field, TX. Died non Battle (DNB).
Awards: PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
12 April 1924 | Son of Thomas Henry and Villa Mae [Beauchamp] Bingham. | |
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Enlisted |
6 November 1942 | ||
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Other Crashed |
5 May 1944 | Forced Landing out of Fuel 2 miles SW of Harding Field, LA Cat 4 damage 2Lt Percy L Bingham, 5-May-44. RP-47C 41-6123 - 263BU 72FW 2AF | |
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Based |
21 August 1944 | Assigned to 83FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Evaded (EVD) |
6 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Rhubarb to Giessen, hit by flak, belly landed near Namur on 6-Sep-44 in P-47 42-76512 Evaded (EVD). MACR 8563. | |
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Other Crashed |
14 April 1945 | Crash Landing Fatal fire Eagle Pass Field, TX Cat 4 damage 2Lt Percy L Bingham, 14-Apr-45. RP-63A 42-69056 - 2236BU 2AF | |
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Died |
15 April 1945 | Died from burns sustained in fire after a landing accident at Eagle Pass Field, TX. Died non Battle (DNB). | |
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Buried |
16 April 1945 | Maverick County Cemetery Eagle Pass Maverick County Texas USA | |
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Born |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8563 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
