William F Baumback

Military

Shot down 15 August 1944 in AC #4250442. T/Sergeant. Baumback, 33548652, landed near Ruiselede, Belgium. Evaded. Escape & Evasion report : E&E Report #2033. See Lt Eadmer W Pease page.

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Units served with

493rd Bomb Group

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

862nd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

James W Daniel

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14118841 and O-816256
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Joseph W Davis

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 34095885
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: waist gunner

Floyd L Gray

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18000504
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Charles W Mullins

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-694932
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier

Eadmer W Pease

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19101798 and O-702123
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-50442

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

B-24 Liberators of the 493rd Bomb Group line up for take off. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Debach.'

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Baltimore, Maryland, United States	3 December 1916
Enlisted	Baltimore, Maryland, United States	6 June 1943
Other Evaded	Belgium	15 August 1944 - 11 September 1944	See Lt Eadmer W. Pease's page and T/Sgt Baumback's Escape & Evasion report E&E 2033 at http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-2033.pdf
Died	Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Revisions

Date29 Jan 2015 15:06:08

ContributorED-BB

ChangesChanges to biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations

Sources

* NARA WWII Enlistment records
* MACR 7918
* Escape & Evasion report E&E 2033 : http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-2033.pdf
* Helper Guy DE SCHIETERE-DE LOPHEM : http://vopgv-brugge.com/index.php/verzetsgroeperingen-witte-brigade-fide...

Date27 Sep 2014 18:27:59

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998, E&E; MACR 7918, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / MACR 7918 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database