Andrew Anthony Marcin
Military
The Belgian HANQUET family (Lanaye and Ekeren)
Object Number - UPL 44228 - Andrew Marcin with the HANQUET family who sheltered him in Lanaye, Belgium, after he swam across the Maas River from The Netherlands into Belgium....
Shot down 20 May 1944 in B-17 #42-37864. Evaded with the help of Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Hidden in Belgium until the liberation of Liège by American troops at the beginning of September 1944. See the pages for his pilot Charles Mitchell at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fmitchecr.html and his Right Waist Gunner Richard Kindig at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fkindigrj.html
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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: 35201269
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- 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: 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 |
30 March 1919 | Castle, Shannon County, Pennsylvania | |
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Enlisted |
8 April 1942 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
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Other Bailed out |
20 May 1944 | of B-17 42-37864 | |
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Other evaded capture |
20 May 1944 - 7 September 1944 | After landing near Sint Geertruid, The Netherlands, close to the Belgian border and swimming across the River Maas separating the 2 countries, he was helped by Belgian citizens and members of the Résistance. Was hidden in various places in Belgium, lastly in the region of Liège, where he was liberated by American troops | |
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Other Honorably discharged |
1 November 1945 | ||
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Died |
7 March 2010 | ||
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||
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Buried |
Andrew Marcin rests at the Saint Anne Cemetery in Castle Shannon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. |
Revisions
It's Marcin, not Marsin !
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWI Draft Cards
Escape & Evasion Report 2128
Correspondance with / and research for his son Daniel
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
