Martin Heathcote

Military

Shot down in 42-5893 'Sad Sax' 26 July 1943. Prisoner of War (POW) - MACR 197.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.

95th Bomb Group

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

People

James M Bloxom

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Clarence F Borchardt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36323929
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Charles B Cothran

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18040338
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner, Top Turret Gunner ; Flight Engineer

Roy Emmett Deadman

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16003331, O-789459
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Robert W Katz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Aircraft

42-5893

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sad Sack
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

8 March 1916 Freeland, Maryland

Enlisted

26 April 1941 in Baltimore, Maryland

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

North Sea 26 July 1943 - 6 June 1945 Captured near Hannover, Grmany. Interned at Stalag Luft 3, liberated at Stalag 7A Moosburg by US troops 29 April 1945

Died

1 February 1982 York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Buried

New Freedom Cemetery, New Freedom, Pennsylvania

Revisions

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Sources

WWII Enlistment records
WWII POW records

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 197 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / RE Bloxom