Raymond Presley Bain
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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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