Bailey Jackson Lovin Jr

Military

Shot down 17 May 1943 in B-17 #42-29767 'Boot Hill'. Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

People

William G Carnahan

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: pilot

George Ernest Forslund

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: T-000093
  • Highest Rank: Flight Officer
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Louis Lafayette Haltom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-412111
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Andrew L Jorinscay

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33284173
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Niles D Loudenslager

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

42-29767

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Boot Hill
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

31 January 1921 Pontotoc, Oklahoma

Enlisted

18 December 1941 Lubbock, Texas

Other

Bailed out

17 May 1943 of B-17 42-29767 between Carhaix and Spézet, Brittany, France

Other

made prisoner

17 May 1943 near Spézet, France

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

17 May 1943 Interned at Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan, Poland. Force-marched from there to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Germany. Liberated by US troops there on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW records "Returned to Military Control 7 June 1945"

Died

26 September 1974
Lubbock, Texas

Buried

Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California

Revisions

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Corrected typo in first name

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ContributorED-BB
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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 15546

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15546 / MACR 15546; Snetterton Falcons, pg 24 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database