Raymond E Bence Jr

Military

Shot down on 9/27/44 on Kassel mission near Hersfeild in B-24 42-51080, Prisoner of War (POW).



Was a Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft 4. Participated in the Black march when camp was evacuated in February 1945.



Air Medal; Purple Heart

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-51080

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of war

27 September 1944

Died

4 July 1994

Born

Braintree, Massachusetts

Buried

Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Massachusetts

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Birsic MACR 9762 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia