Raymond Presley Bain

Military

Assigned to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF. 80 missions. Failed to Return fighter sweep to Schifferstadt hit by return fire and shot down in P-51D 44-63193 21-Feb-45. Baled out POW. MACR 12599.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Scatterbain
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Scatterbain
  • Unit: 354th Fighter Group 355th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Indiana, USA 28 October 1920

Enlisted

Lafayette, IN, USA 14 September 1942

Based

Goxhill 16 July 1944 Assigned to 555FTS, 496FTG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Shot down

67105 Schifferstadt, Germany 21 February 1945 Failed to Return fighter sweep to Schifferstadt hit by return fire and shot down in P-51D 44-63193 21-Feb-45. Baled out POW. MACR 12599.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 21 February 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Lafayette Hill, PA, USA 11 January 2013

Buried

Norristown, PA, USA Saint Patricks Roman Catholic Cemetery Norristown Montgomery County Pennsylvania, USA.
North Riverside, IL, USA

Based

21 February 1945 Transferred to 355FS, 354FG, 9AF USAAF.

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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list