Loyes Herman Knotts
MilitaryAssigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Connections
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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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16060557 / O-742628
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Shack Rabbit
- Unit: 448th Bomb Group 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron 712th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 8 April 1944
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
2 July 1922 | Son of Lambert L and Ella J [Stoneking] Knotts. | |
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Enlisted |
27 October 1942 | ||
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Other Baled out POW |
8 April 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out at low level. POW. MACR 3849 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
8 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. | |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
25 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
4 March 1997 | ||
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Buried |
6 March 1997 | Hillside Memorial Park Akron, Summit County, OH | |
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Based |
8 April 1944 | Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3849 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database