Gene T Cumming

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Object Number - UPL 74651 - MACR for Gene T Cumming Page 11

Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Hamburg propeller ran away leading to engine failure baled out near Bissel on 6-Aug-44 in P-47 42-76584 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7451

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Units served with

Aircraft

42-76584

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 78th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'

Duxford

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Prisoner of War (POW)

6 August 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

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Baled out

6 August 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Hamburg propeller ran away leading to engine failure baled out near Bissel on 6-Aug-44 in P-47 42-76584 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7451

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6 August 1944 Assigned to 84FS, 78FG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7451 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Object number: UPL 74651 - MACR for Gene T Cumming Page 11