Forrest E Minch
Military
Object Number - UPL 51869
Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. 2 x combat missions. Shot down by fighters on a mission to Brunswick on 20-Feb-44 in B-24 42-100085. Seven crew baled out before a/c exploded and crashed SW of Brunswick. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2434
Awards: BS, PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-675161
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Palmyra, Missouri | 21 March 1921 | Son of Joseph Otto and Leota Pearl [Hadfield] Minch. |
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Other Prisoner of war |
Tychowo, Poland | 20 February 1944 - 29 April 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV |
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Other Baled out POW |
SW of Brunswick, Germany | 20 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick on 20-Feb-44 in B-24 42-100085; shot down, baled out POW MACR 2434 |
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Died |
Palmyra, Marion County, MO | 8 January 2020 | |
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Based |
Hethel | 20 February 1944 | Assigned to 564BS, 389BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Buried |
Greenwood Cemetery Palmyra, Marion County, MO | Greenwood Cemetery Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2434, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
