Anthony C McCauley
Military ROLL OF HONOUR8 Nov 1942 B-17F #41-24570 'Panhandle Doggie' suffered severe damage on its first mission to bomb the German airfield Drucat at Abbeville, France, but plane returned with all crew and was salvaged. SSgt McCauley was serving as Ball Turrent Gunner.
Killed in Action 3 January 1943 in B-17F #42-5084 'Panhandle Doggie II' while serving as Ball Turret Gunner. Aircraft took a direct hit flak over the target and crashed into the sea near the Ile de Noirmoutier, France.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 3 January 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
3 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft sustained a direct hit from anti-aircraft fire over the target and crashed into the sea near the Ile-de-Noirmoutier, France. His remains have never been recovered. | |
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Other Commemorated |
Saint-James, France | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Brittany American Cemetery |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 10-Jan-2015. Added decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC); added SN per MACR 2286; made connections to Place, Aircraft and Mission within existing website data; Adde DBR event and crafted biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2286, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 44, 60