Carl Edward Hitchcock
Military
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UPL 47783
Waco Army Airfield
Waco Army Airfield
Shot down 29 April 1944 in B-24 #4128754 'Tell Me More. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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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: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O 682047
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19116027
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31276739
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12121740
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36631214
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Tell Me More
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Collin County, TX, USA | 17 January 1915 | |
Other Shot Down/Crash Landed/Captured |
Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 29 April 1944 | |
Other Married |
McKinney, TX, USA | 20 March 1948 | Mary Ann Nelson |
Died |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 23 September 1995 | |
Buried |
San Antonio, TX, USA | 27 September 1995 | Sunset Memorial Park San Antonio Bexar County Texas, USA |
Other POW |
9062 Moosburg, Austria | Stalag 7a | |
Collin County, TX, USA |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4447