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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.
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...
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...
Squadron
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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8 April 1944
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...
Other location
Other location
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| Born | Schenevus, NY | 19 December 1921 |
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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 |
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Bombardier school; Midland AAF, TX |
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| Married | Odessa, TX | April 1943 |
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Married Lois Lometa Ray in Odessa, Texas, Apr-43. |
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| Based | Shipdham | 1944 – 8 April 1944 |
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Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Baled out POW | Hanover, Germany | 8 April 1944 |
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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 |
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Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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| Promotion | June 1944 | |
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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 |
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Valhalla Memory Gardens |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 April 2019 10:33:16 | Al_Skiff | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, biography, events, unit associations, place associations and mission associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/29627742 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:24:48 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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