Richard C Cain
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 29834 - Lt Richard C Cain, [ Gowanda NY ], 505th Fighter Squadron. Lt Burns became a POW on 4 December 1944 in P-51D 44-14072.
Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Kastel, Germany in P-51 44-14072, had mechanical failure, prop seized solid, baled out and A/C crashed near Trier on 4-Dec-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10818.
Awards: POW, 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-51 Mustang
- Unit: 339th Fighter Group 505th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Buffalo, NY, USA | 13 August 1942 | |
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Based |
Fowlmere | 9 August 1944 - 4 December 1944 | Assigned to 505FS, 339FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Baled out |
Trier, Germany | 4 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Kastel, Germany in P-51 44-14072, had mechanical failure, prop seized solid, baled out and A/C crashed near Trier on 4-Dec-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10818. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 4 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Born |
Cattaraugus County, NY, USA | ||
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Born |
Gowanda, NY 14070, USA |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10818 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
