Wade Russell Luce
MilitaryShot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #42-7601 'Sin Ship'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39193191
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator/Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13116005
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-738019
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-805214
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Kingsville, Ohio | 8 April 1920 | |
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Other Bailed out |
12 April 1944 | of 42-7601 over Belgium | |
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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." | |
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Enlisted |
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Buried |
Wade Luce rests at the Lulu Falls Cemetery in Kingsville, Ohio |
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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