McCauley Price

Military
media-45715.jpeg UPL 45715 S/Sgt McCauley Price, 524BS, 379BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 45715 - S/Sgt McCauley Price, 524BS, 379BG

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-3325 'Paddy Gremlin', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2687



Earlier 22-Dec-43 in B-17 42-29891 'Dangerous Dan' crashed on return from mission to Osnabruck due to engine trouble. 10 RTD. Crew of Kenneth Davis.



Awards: SS, PH (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-409176
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dangerous Dan
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
The nose art of B-17 Flying Fortress (WA-Y, serial number 42-3325) nicknamed "Paddy Gremlin" of the 379th Bomb Group. Image via Constant Anzperger.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paddy Gremlin
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th 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

Rogersville, Tennessee, USA 1 January 1923 Son of George Brownlow and Hallie Susan [Price] Price.

Enlisted

Fort Oglethorpe, GA 6 January 1943 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 30 January 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out POW

North Sea 30 January 1944 Shot down by fighters on mission to Brunswick on 30-Jan-44 in B-17 42-3325 'Paddy Gremlin', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2687

Died

Johnson City, TN 8 April 1999

Buried

Highland Cemetery, Rogersville, Hawkins County, TN 11 April 1999 Highland Cemetery Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee

Based

Kimbolton 30 January 1944 Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2867 / MACR 2867, 8th AF Losses, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol.  I, pp. 436-7 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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