Lincoln Delmar Bundy
Military ROLL OF HONOURHit by flak in his Mustang and crashed near La Maillerave on 10 Jun 1944. Made his way south 300 km, found by a friendly French family who passed him on to the Maquis, he was then passed to the British SAS to arrange his escape. He, together with the SAS were discovered by the Germans and all were executed. In December 1944 the mass grave was discovered in the Bois de Guron, South-west of Poitiers. All bodies were exhumed, and reburied with full military honours, on 23 December 1944, in the village graveyard of Rom, France.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Rauk-et
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 486th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
St George, UT, USA | 12 February 1918 | Son of James Dennis and Chloe Geneva [Van Leuven] Bundy. |
Enlisted |
4475 England Ave, Nellis AFB, NV 89191, USA | 23 January 1942 | Las Vegas Aaf Nevada |
Other Shot down / baled out |
76940 La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, France | 10 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) area patrol hit whilst strafing a truck convoy baled out Le Lailleraye, France 10-Jun-44. |
Other Evaded capture |
17610 Saint-Sauvant, France | 10 June 1944 - 3 July 1944 | Evaded capture, passed via Maquis to SAS troops to arrange his escape. |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
17610 Saint-Sauvant, France | 3 July 1944 | Executed along with SAS troops. |
Buried |
Bois de Guron, 86700 Payré, France | 3 July 1944 | Interred Mass grave by SS troops. |
Buried |
79120 Rom, France | 23 December 1944 | Re-Interred Rom cemetery, France |
Born |
Mohave County, AZ, USA | ||
Buried |
Tablets of the missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Buried |
Salt Lake City, UT, USA | Memorialised Memory Grove Memorial Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA |
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- MACR 5552 ;
- Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5552 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list