Michael L Koussa

Military
media-23186.jpeg UPL 23186 Crew members of the 753rd Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 somewhere in England. 13 November 1944.

Rear L-R: T/Sgt Louis F Koch, 1Lt Thomas F Comi, Capt Robert E Lamb, 2Lt Harold Lodinger.
Front L-R: T/Sgt Carl E Miller, S/Sgt Everett M Cayford, S/Sgt Marshall A Tharpe, S/Sgt Micheal A Koussa, S/Sgt Francis J Morello.

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A12019-D81703AC.

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Object Number - UPL 23186 - Crew members of the 753rd Bomb Squadron, 458th Bomb Group, pose beside a Consolidated B-24 somewhere in England. 13 November 1944. Rear L-R: T/Sgt...

Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ludwigshaven in B-24 41-28778 31-Jul-44; shot down by flak and baled out Viernhsim. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7747



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

People

Robert E Lamb

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-438667
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

41-28778

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rhode Island, USA 21 September 1918 Son of Bashir and Ameena [Harris] Koussa.

Enlisted

Rhode Island Ave, Providence, RI 02906, USA 8 June 1942 Providence, RI

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 31 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out

Viernheim, Germany 31 July 1944 Shot down by flak and baled out Viernhsim on 31-Jul-44 from B24 41-28778. POW.

Died

Providence County, RI, USA 20 January 2000
Eldorado, Arkansas, USA

Buried

Saint Basil the Great Cemetery Cumberland Providence County RI Saint Basil the Great Cemetery Cumberland Providence County Rhode Island, USA

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7747 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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