Gerald J Totten

Military

Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9th AF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'G. I. Gal' 42-40371 1-Aug-43; A/C crashed. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2412





Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

44th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
The 'semiofficial' insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.

67th Bomb Squadron

  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-40371

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: GI Gal
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Benina

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Soluch Airfield

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Baled out POW

Ploiești, Romania 1 August 1943 Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti raid in B-24 'G. I. Gal' 42-40371 1-Aug-43; A/C crashed. POW MACR 2412

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Bucharest, Romania 1 August 1943 Prisoner of War (POW). Bucharest, Romania

Born

Sparta, Michigan

Based

1 August 1943 Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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MACR 2412

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Ploesti Sortie Reports, 44th Bomb Group

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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AAM Database.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2412