Chester Benedict Hincewicz

Military

Shot down 12 April 1944 in B-24 #42-7601 'Sin Ship'. Evaded. See the full story of his evasion at https://www.evasioncomete.be/fhincewcb.html

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.

445th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William T Burtt

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746654
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Michael Ralph Ciano

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32306371
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Peter Mather Clark

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11100656
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Albert P Gilsdorf

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-805904
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Robert Thomas Hansen

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32385014
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Aircraft

42-7601

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'

Tibenham

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

7 July 1921 near Buffalo, New York

Other

Bailed out

12 April 1944 of 42-7601 over Belgium

Other

Landed in parachute

12 April 1944 near Hingeon, Namur, Belgium

Other

Evaded capture

12 April 1944 - 8 September 1944 Was sheltered, fed, clothed, transported by Belgian citizens and members of the Belgian Résistance, until the liberation of the country in September 1944.

Died

9 October 2016 Naples, Florida

Born

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

Buried

Revisions

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Sources

Updated evasioncomete website address

Date
ContributorED-BB
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MACR 3828
Escape & Evasion Report https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5556541

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3828