Albert Hamilton Bibbens Jr
Military
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UPL 47646
B-17 42-30625 'Joho's Jokers' 563BS, 388BG, 8AF.
Standing L-R: Eugene J. Benson, William J Lazar, Edward H. Leonard, John P Hurdle, Albert B. Millin, Walter Travis, Wayne A. Barnett, Albert H. Bibbens.
KneelingL-R: Richard E. Bynum, James E Zengerle.
Standing L-R: Eugene J. Benson, William J Lazar, Edward H. Leonard, John P Hurdle, Albert B. Millin, Walter Travis, Wayne A. Barnett, Albert H. Bibbens.
KneelingL-R: Richard E. Bynum, James E Zengerle.
Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 25 May 1944 in B-17 42-31741 'Thunderbolt'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5264.
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: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-789631
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Weedsport, NY | 22 July 1923 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 25 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Shot down |
51460 Poix, France | 25 May 1944 | Shot down 25 May 1944 in B-17 42-31741 'Thunderbolt'. POW. |
Other Discharged USAAF |
14 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Carlisle, PA | 28 July 2010 | |
Weedsport, NY 13166, USA | |||
Based |
Knettishall | 25 May 1944 | Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Weedsport Rural Cemetery Weedsport, Cayuga County, NY | Weedsport Rural Cemetery Weedsport, Cayuga County, New York |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5264 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database