Guy Leslie Tice
Military
Object Number - UPL 51418 - S/Sgt Guy L Tice, 334BS, 95BG
Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Bill Thomas crew. 25 x combat missions. ETD
7-Apr-43, B-17 42-3090 'Taint-a-bird' force landed near Clonakilty, County Cork Ireland. Crew was safe. RTD
B-17 42-3267 ditched in Bay of Biscay out of fuel 28-Jun-43. All on board returned to base. RTD
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle stars).
Post war: Made it back to Clonakilty after the war following the efforts of local researchers to track down the airmen involved in Taint-a-Bird' force landing. Guy, from Red Granite in Wisconsin, enlisted in the Army just under one year before the events in Clonakilty. He served out his tour of duty and safely returned to the United States. he visited Clonakilty in 1997 and was welcomed with open arms by the town.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-791163
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Wilder Nell II
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 92nd Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 326th Bomb Squadron 334th Bomb Squadron 525th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: T'aint A Bird II
- Unit: 388th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 1 334th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: T'aint A Bird
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group Base Air Depot 2 334th Bomb Squadron 359th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Harley Charley
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Redgranite, WI | 16 March 1925 | Son of Guy George and Gertrude [Wagner] Tice. NoK: Aunt Abbie Tice. |
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Enlisted |
Milwaukee, WI | 1 June 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Died |
Green Bay, WI | 4 April 2015 | |
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Buried |
Lakewood Forest Cemetery Lakewood, Oconto County, WI | 7 April 2015 | Lakewood Forest Cemetery Lakewood, Oconto County, Wisconsin |
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Other Returned ZI |
Returned to USA | ||
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. | ||
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Based |
Horham | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey pp. 101, 169
