Bevan Wilson Colby Jr
MilitaryAssigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Gilze-Rijen in B-17 42-5392 'Stric Nine' 19-Aug-43; shot down, ditched North Sea, off Hoek van Holland. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 285
Awards: PH.
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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: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18071114 / O-738242
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Stric Nine, City of Albuquerque
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
New York | 7 August 1919 | Son of Bevan W. Sr and Dorothy N. [Linson] Colby. |
Enlisted |
Providence, RI | 16 March 1942 | Providence, Rhode Island |
Buried |
Netherlands American Cemetery | 19 August 1943 | Re-Interred Netherlands American Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Plot M Row 13 Grave 17 |
Died |
Off Hook of Holland | 19 August 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Gilze-Rijen in B-17 42-5392 'Stric Nine' 19-Aug-43; shot down, ditched North Sea, off Hoek van Holland. KIA MACR 285 |
Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Molesworth | 19 August 1943 | Assigned to 427BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Merged information from duplicate entry to include details drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 285.
Correction to surname and suffix.
Updates to biography from details at :
http://www.abmc.gov
http://www.303rdbg.com
MACR 285 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database