Matthew J McEvoy
Military
That's me on the left.
Object Number - UPL 16043 - Me and Papapat the 1986 381st Reunion Ashville, NC
Matthew J McEvoy served as a pilot with the 381st Bomb Group, 533rd BS, 8th AF from Ridgewell, Essex.
He was shot down by fighters on mission #59 to the aircraft factories at Oschersleben, Germany on 11 January 1944 in B-17F #42-29999 'Fertile Myrtle' and was taken as a Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I. MACR 1880 (8 pages in MACR 1879).
Lawrenceville, NJ
The 1st Bomb Wing/381st BG did not hear the recall while over the continent. 180 out of 700 bombers continued the mission without fighter cover. The 533rd BS lost 6 of 9 aircraft. The 381st BG earned its second Distinguished Unit Citation.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-121707
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15334527
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15323641
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809661
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32627281
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fertile Myrtle
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 11 January 1944
- Date: 5 January 1944
- Date: 31 December 1943
- Date: 22 December 1943
- Date: 20 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Based |
16 November 1943 - 11 January 1944 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War |
Barth, Germany | 16 January 1944 | Captured 16 January 1944 Stalag Luft I |
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Died |
24 December 1990 | ||
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Born |
Lawrenceville, New Jersey |
Revisions
Combined two entries for Matthew J McEvoy into a single entry. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
MACR 1880 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1880 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
