Vernon H Dicke
Military
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Gene W. Minton's crew with the 708th Bomb Squadron with the 44th Bomb Group (heavy) Rattlesden, Norfolk UK. Gene was moved from his regular crew to break in a new pilot on 5/24/1944 on a mission to bomb Berlin. The pilot lost control of the B-17 and crashed into the North Sea. This photo is on display at the Rio Grande Valley Wing of the Commerative Air Force Museum - Brownsville, Tx. along with his Purple Heart medal.
447th Bomb Group collection
447 Bomb Group History
Shot down 8 April 1944 in B-17 #4237842. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
15 December 2011 | ||
Born |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 8 April 1944 |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3658 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database