Orville A Kincade

Military

On November 5, 1943 in P-47C 41-6583 [YJ:K], "Alyce", 353FG/351FS his aircraft was shot down by German fighters while escorting B-17s from 3rd BD that were attacking Gelsenkirchen, Germany. He baled out and was captured as a POW and spent months in hospital at Bergen op Zoom, Holland until he was sent to Dulag Luft at Gross-Tychow, Prussia (now Poland)

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Aircraft

41-6583

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Alyce
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron

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Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychów, Poland 5 November 1943 - 1 June 1945 Held at Dulag Luft, Gross-Tychow, Prussia. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 1-Jun-45

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 8-Jul-2015. Added Decoration and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database. Added loss details, A/C TN, unit to Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE. Also MACR 1168.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 360