Michael L Reardon

Military
media-26688.jpeg UPL 26688 Michael L. Reardon, 93rd Bomb Group

Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25119

Object Number - UPL 26688 - Michael L. Reardon, 93rd Bomb Group

Assigned to 93BG/330BS, B-24 41-23678 'Big Eagle' while serving as Tail Gunner. Prisoner of War (POW). 'Big Eagle' attacked by fighters near Dunkirk on the way to assigned target Lille I/A, France. Had direct hits to engine no. 4 and bomb bay area before crashing near Lille. 1 evaded and 3 Prisoner of War (POW)s.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 93rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Big Eagle / Bathtub Bessie
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron

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Enlisted

9 October 1942 POW camp not in NARA record. However, he is listed as officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 6-Jun-45.

Born

Revisions

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Lee Cunningham 16-Nov-2014. Corrected BG association from PURGE; added POW event.

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Lee Cunningham 25-Oct-2014. Added middle initial to name from NARA POW record.

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Lee Cunningham 25-Oct-2014. National Archives Records Administration (NARA) POW records.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AF by Bishop and Hey p.37

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