Albert Eugene Childs
MilitaryAssigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. A/C Hit by flak while bombing the target of Friedrichshafen on 18-Mar-44 and rapidly losing fuel, B-24 42-100284 turned towards Switzerland crash landed at Dubendorf. Interned.
Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-680173
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Upson County, GA | 25 July 1915 | Son of Abb Bennett and Fanny Lois [Smith] Childs. |
Enlisted |
Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA | 3 April 1942 | Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia |
Other Wounded in Action (WIA) |
18 March 1944 | Rivet blown through arm from flak concussion. | |
Died |
Okaloosa County, FL | 17 May 1987 | |
Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery Barnesville, Lamar County, GA | 20 May 1987 | Greenwood Cemetery Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia |
Based Interned (INT) |
Seething | 18 March 1944 | Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3341 / MACR 3341, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database