Rene Charles Fix
Military
Randy Fix, son. Corrected date of birth
Object Number - UPL 27613 - CPT Rene C. Fix, 26 January 1920 - 8 September 2013
Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. After being hit by flak on a mission to St Jean d'Angely airfield, FR on 27 Mar 1944, Lt Fix successfully ditched B-17 42-31363 in the Bay of Biscay, saving all crewmembers. A German seaplane picked up aircrew. Lt Fix was a Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft 1, Barth Germany until 13 May 1945.
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: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16140986
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner/Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-813880
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-754840
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-814334
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34607379
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Vapor Trail
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 368th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Strasbourg | 26 January 1920 | Son of Ferdinand Fix. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 27 March 1944 - 13 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
8 September 2013 | ||
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Based |
Thurleigh | 27 March 1944 | Assigned to 368BS, 306BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
My dad’s flight log states he flew several missions as co-pilot on Weary Bones
Rene’s son and my
Brother, Rene Charles Fix jr, is known as “Chuck.” I never heard my dad called “Chuck”
Added POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3479 / MACR 3479, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
