James Grant Hicks
MilitaryAssigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Osnabruck in B-24 41-28609 Shot down 22-Dec-43, A/C exploded in mid air. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2422
Awards: POW, 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: 18115105 / O-677748
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Nevada, MO | 4 September 1923 | Son of Grant and Eva Marie [Bender] Hicks. |
Enlisted |
Fort Leavenworth, KS | 7 November 1942 | Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
Other Shot down |
Germany | 22 December 1943 | Shot down 22 December 1943 in B-24 41-28609. Prisoner of War (POW). |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 22 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
West Palm Beach, FL | 3 June 2009 | |
Buried |
South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, FL | 6 June 2009 | South Florida National Cemetery Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida |
Based |
Seething | 22 December 1943 | 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 2442 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database