Mitchell Woods Bacon
MilitaryAssigned 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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
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
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Site type: Airfield
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 |
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