Mitchell Woods Bacon

Military

Assigned to 50TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply Cotentin peninsula 7-Jun-44; Tracer started fire in fuselage, after dropping supplies, A/C took more tracer and then crashed in vicinity of Ste-Marie-Eglise. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5698



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group
  • Service Numbers: 15074449 / O-729246
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Martinsburg, WV 10 April 1910

Enlisted

Huntington, WV 27 May 1942 Huntington, West Virginia

Died

Ste-Marie-Eglise, France 7 June 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) re-supply Cotentin peninsula 7-Jun-44; A/C crashed in vicinity of Ste-Marie-Eglise. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 5698

Based

Saltby 7 June 1944 Assigned to 50TCS, 314TCG, 9AF USAAF.

Buried

Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France Plot F Row 11 Grave 32

Buried

Green Hill Cemetery Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV Memorialised Green Hill Cemetery Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV