Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out at low level. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849
Awards: AM(OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Service
People
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Military | Colonel | Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. 24 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, remained with A/C as crew baled out, following them at extreme low level. Seemingly he...
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Units served with
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Group
The 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 15-January-1942 at McDill Field, Florida and equipped with B-24Cs. The Group moved to Barksdale Field, Louisiana and acted as a training unit for the 90th 93rd and 98th Bomb Groups and flew anti...
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Aircraft
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B-24 Liberator
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44; Shot down by fighters, crew baled out at low level. 10 x POW. MACR 3849
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Associated Place
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Military site : airfield
Shipdham was built in 1941-1942, the first US heavy bomber airfield in the English county of Norfolk. It was a standard design, with T2-type hangars and a domestic site dispersed to the south east. Improvements were carried out to increase the number...
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Events
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Location |
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Born |
Schenevus, NY |
19 December 1921 |
Son of Carlton Raymond and Rose R [Greengrow] Alcott.
NOK: Wife Lois L [Ray] Alcott, residing Houston, Texas, for duration WWII.
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Enlisted |
Albany, NY |
4 September 1940 |
Specialist training |
Midland AAF, TX |
1943 |
Bombardier school; Midland AAF, TX
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Married |
Odessa, TX |
April 1943 |
Married Lois Lometa Ray in Odessa, Texas, Apr-43.
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Based |
Shipdham |
1944 – 8 April 1944 |
Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.
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Baled out POW |
Hanover, Germany |
8 April 1944 |
Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out at low level. POW. MACR 3849
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Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany |
8 April 1944 – May 1945 |
Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.
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Promotion |
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June 1944 |
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Received news from his mother-in-law whilst POW.
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Died |
Madison County, AL |
28 March 2010 |
Buried |
Valhalla Memory Gardens, Huntsville, AL |
April 2010 |
Valhalla Memory Gardens
Huntsville,
Madison County, AL
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