Paul Douglas Dickerson
Military
Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy.
Front, left to right : Eugene Szulczewski, Paul Dickerson, Richard Kindig (not Kindic !) and Andrew Marcin (not Marsin !) Hutchinson & Cortright
Corrected 2 names in the crew photo
MACR 4938
Object Number - UPL 24438 - Crew members of Bomb' N Belle : Back, left to right : Joseph Keenan; Robert Sasse, Edward Frost and Raymond McCarthy. Front, left to right : Eugene...
Shot down 20 May 1944 in B-17 #42-37864. Prisoner of War (POW).
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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: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16037453 at enlistment, then O-568222
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12120493 at enlistment, then O-700733
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35549145
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33261086
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 709th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16089784
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 20 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Anawalt, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA | 5 April 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
29 January 1941 | Huntington, West Virginia | |
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Other bailed out |
20 May 1944 | from B-17 #42-37864 over Holland | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
20 May 1944 | captured and interned at Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia; moved to Wobbelin bei Ludwigslust then to Usedom bei Savenmünde | |
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Died |
14 December 1997 | Vinton, Virginia | |
| Anawalt, West Virginia |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4938 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database