Albert Eugene Childs

Military

Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF. A/C Hit by flak while bombing the target of Friedrichshafen on 18-Mar-44 and rapidly losing fuel, B-24 42-100284 turned towards Switzerland crash landed at Dubendorf. Interned.



Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-680173
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Upson County, GA 25 July 1915 Son of Abb Bennett and Fanny Lois [Smith] Childs.

Enlisted

Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA 3 April 1942 Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia

Other

Wounded in Action (WIA)

18 March 1944 Rivet blown through arm from flak concussion.

Died

Okaloosa County, FL 17 May 1987

Buried

Greenwood Cemetery Barnesville, Lamar County, GA 20 May 1987 Greenwood Cemetery Barnesville, Lamar County, Georgia

Based

Interned (INT)

Seething 18 March 1944 Assigned to 714BS, 448BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3341 / MACR 3341, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database