Wade Russell Luce

Military

Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #42-7601 'Sin Ship'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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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

People

William T Burtt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746654
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Michael Ralph Ciano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32306371
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Peter Mather Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11100656
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Albert P Gilsdorf

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-805904
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert Thomas Hansen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32385014
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-7601

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kingsville, Ohio 8 April 1920

Other

Bailed out

12 April 1944 of 42-7601 over Belgium

Other

Prisoner of War

12 April 1944 Captured and interned at Stalag XVIIB in Braunau, near Krems, Austria. NARA WWII POW records : "Returned to Military Control 1 June 1945."

Enlisted

Buried

Wade Luce rests at the Lulu Falls Cemetery in Kingsville, Ohio

Revisions

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ContributorED-BB
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Sources

MACR 3828
NARA WWII POW records
VETERANS' BIRLS records

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3828, History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic