Andrew Louis Addison
MilitaryAssigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Chas Peterson crew. Failed to Return Abbeville mission in B-17 43-37591; collided with another aircraft 5-Jun-44. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5383.
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: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-061159
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 5 June 1944
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Uniontown, Alabama | 29 December 1921 | Son of Aussie Alonzo 'Lonnie' and Mary Lucinda 'Lucy' [McNeill] Addison. |
Enlisted |
New Orleans, LA | 29 July 1942 | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Other Baled out POW |
East of Hardelot, France | 5 June 1944 | Failed to Return Abbeville mission in B-17 43-37591; collided with another aircraft 5-Jun-44. POW MACR 5383 |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 5 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
17 January 2015 | ||
Buried |
Magnolia Cemetery Meridian, Lauderdale County, MS | 21 January 2015 | Magnolia Cemetery Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Thorpe Abbotts | 5 June 1944 | Assigned to 349BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. |
New Orleans, LA |
Revisions
Removed # from A/C serial No. to aid clarity and consistency.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141612859/andrew-l_-addison
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5383 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database