Louis P McNeill
MilitaryOn 9 September 1943 in B-26C-15-MA 41-34958 'Hazard' [RG:F] 386BG/552BS while serving as Engineer/Gunner the aircraft was cut in half by flak in target area of Boulogne, France. 386th BG was part of the 8th BG from July-October 1943. McNeill and Sanchez survived the crash and became Prisoner of War (POW)s.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Hazard
- Unit: 386th Bomb Group 552nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Bad Sulza, Germany | 9 September 1943 - 30 January 1945 | Held at Stalag 9C, Bad Sulza, Saxe-Weimar. Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 30 Jan 1945. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 4-Jun-2015. Added decorations and POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; Added SN per MACR 15266; Made connections to Place, AIrcraft and Mission within existing website data; Edited Summary biograpy adding call sign, unit association and crew position.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15266,Combat Chronology Supplement p. 548, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs by Bishop and Hey p. 279.