Albert Hamilton Bibbens Jr

Military
media-47646.jpeg UPL 47646 B-17 42-30625 'Joho's Jokers' 563BS, 388BG, 8AF.

Standing L-R: Eugene J. Benson, William J Lazar, Edward H. Leonard, John P Hurdle, Albert B. Millin, Walter Travis, Wayne A. Barnett, Albert H. Bibbens.
KneelingL-R: Richard E. Bynum, James E Zengerle.

Object Number - UPL 47646 - B-17 42-30625 'Joho's Jokers' 563BS, 388BG, 8AF. Standing L-R: Eugene J. Benson, William J Lazar, Edward H. Leonard, John P Hurdle, Albert B....

Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 25 May 1944 in B-17 42-31741 'Thunderbolt'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 5264.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-789631
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Airmen of the 388th Bomb Group climb aboard their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30793) nicknamed "Tom Paine" before a mission. Written on slide casing: 'Tom Paine.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tom Paine
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
The insignia of the 562nd Bomb Squadron, 388th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Thunderbolt/Hi Fever
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Weedsport, NY 22 July 1923

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 25 May 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Shot down

51460 Poix, France 25 May 1944 Shot down 25 May 1944 in B-17 42-31741 'Thunderbolt'. POW.

Other

Discharged USAAF

14 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Carlisle, PA 28 July 2010
Weedsport, NY 13166, USA

Based

Knettishall 25 May 1944 Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Weedsport Rural Cemetery Weedsport, Cayuga County, NY Weedsport Rural Cemetery Weedsport, Cayuga County, New York

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Connection to 42-30793 - UPL 7307

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5264 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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