James Grant Hicks

Military

Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 41-28609 Shot down 22-Dec-43, A/C exploded in mid air. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2422



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18115105 / O-677748
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Nevada, MO 4 September 1923 Son of Grant and Eva Marie [Bender] Hicks.

Enlisted

Fort Leavenworth, KS 7 November 1942 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Other

Shot down

Germany 22 December 1943 Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Prisoner of War (POW).

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 22 December 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

West Palm Beach, FL 3 June 2009

Buried

South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, FL 6 June 2009 South Florida National Cemetery Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida

Based

Seething 22 December 1943 Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2442 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database