Eugene R Hicks

Military

Killed In Action (KIA). B-24H 42-50345 shot down by flak, crashed in the English Channel off Zuydcoote, France on May 28, 1944 after all crew baled out. Had flown 17 missions with the Group. ABMC lists DOD as May 29, 1945. (All eight casualties in this crew have a legal death date of May 29, not May 28, and 1945, not 1944.)



Awards: PH.

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People

George H Munro

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Kenneth Eugene Russell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18003938 / O-696518
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Charles A Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer

James R Todd

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 486th Bomb Group 832nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 6850084
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Aircraft

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Off Zuydcoote, France 28 May 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Lutzendorf hit by flak in #3 engine near IP not able to keep up with formation abandoned over channel. KIA MACR 5389

Born

Nebraska, USA Son of Matt K and Edith L. [Pasewalk] Hicks.

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial

Based

Sudbury 28 May 1944 Assigned to 832BS, 486BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/28651156
https://www.fold3.com/record/529860747-eugene-r-hicks
https://www.fold3.com/image/310762492?terms=Eugene%20R%20Hicks
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56282049/eugene-r-hicks

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ContributorIWMPM
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ABMC http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…

'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces. Volume 3. ETO Area - April 1944 - June 1944'. Bishop, Stan D & Hey, John A. Bishop Book Productions. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9547685-3-9

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ContributorIWMPM
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ABMC http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWI…

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ContributorAAM
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486th roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5389 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database