Raymond Andre Noury

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media-51646.jpeg UPL 51646 T/Sgt Raymond A Noury, 343BS, 98BG

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Object Number - UPL 51646 - T/Sgt Raymond A Noury, 343BS, 98BG

Served time on coast watch anti-submarine patrols in Boston DB-7's, before going onto B-24's.



Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Goddard crew. 10 x combat misions. Failed to Return (FTR) Regensburg 22-Feb-44 in B-24 42-73138; fighters / flak, explosion starboard side of fuselage. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2726



Flak was accurate and crew were fighting off 8 x Me110's at the time of explosion, sole survivor from crew.



Awards: SS, DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, GC, POW, WWII Victory, EMEA, American campaign and Defense medals.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 389th Bomb Group stand with a B-24 Liberator used as a Flight Assembly Ship. Image via Tim Bivens. Handwritten caption from Bivens: 'My friend remembers it being named "Bucksheesh Benny" that it was used to fly Jack Benny around USA shows. Says it flew in North Africa with Benny and was eventually assigned to 389th as a hack and later as a form-up ship. He thinks it was originally with another group (possibly 376th or 98th).' Handwritten caption on reverse: '389th BG Form-up ship.'

98th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-73138

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Miss Fortune
  • Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Manville, RI 17 July 1923 Son of Joseph O and Marie-Jeanne Noury.

Enlisted

Providence, RI 22 July 1941 Providence, Rhode Island

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 22 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out POW

Nepomuk, Czech 22 February 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Regensburg 22-Feb-44 in B-24 42-73138; baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2726

Died

20 December 2013

Buried

Saint James Cemetery Lincoln, Providence County, RI 23 December 2013 Saint James Cemetery Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island

Based

Lecce 22 February 1944 Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF

Other

Anti-submarine patrols

Anti-submarine patrols in Boston DB-7's

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Object number: UPL 51646 - T/Sgt Raymond A Noury, 343BS, 98BG