POWELL Mitchell W - 330 BS 93 BGH

 

Mitchell Warren POWELL

 

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 Source : 
 
NUMBER OF SERVICE38181478
AGE26 yo
DATE OF BIRTH23 December 1917 Lawrence County, TENNESSEE
ENLISTMENT STATEOKLAHOMA
FAMILY

Spouse : Pearl Zelma Gooch

Parents : Guy Herion & Olivia Zillie McMasters POWELL

Siblings : William Seagle, James Onus, Hurshel, Barbara M, Bula Virginia, Charles Theo, Agnes Lourene, Mildred Louise & Emmitt Marion

RANKTechnical Sergeant
FONCTIONRadio
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTFarmerOKLAHOMA
DATE of ENLISTEMENT5 August 1942 Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA
 SQUADRON330th Bomber Squadron
 GROUP93rd Bomber Group, Heavy
ARMY8th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH11 February 1944

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Source : Chloé Lavernhe

STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHOn a house in Rouxmesnil-Bouteilles - 1 km S Dieppe
DATA PLAN

B-24 Liberator - type D-20-CF - s/n 42-63978 AG*E "Lonesome Polecat"

B 24 

Macr : 2858
Mission : Siracourt flying bomb sites (62)


Takeoff  station 104 Hardwick, Norfolk UK -

Crew initially buried in the Les Vertus cemetery - Partial excavation by the ANSA near the town hall - 2 civilian victims by the fall of the plane (Raymond Leconte and his sister Jeannine) - Plane fell into several pieces - 6 planes in the fewer have been named "Lonesome Polecat"

 

Shot Down by Flak – 09:54

CEMETERY TEMPORARYCEMTERY TEMPORARY of Les Vertus - Dieppe

them CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Saint André N°3572

3572 Saint André

Story of Cemetery Temporary 

CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
A423
DECORATION

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

 

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Photo FDLM

victory medal

 
usaf 8air force 93bg 330bs
STORY

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Source : Matt Pedersen

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Source : Fold 3


 

 

Crew of B-24 Liberator - type D-20-CF - s/n 42-63978 AG*E

"Lonesome Polecat"

 

Cap Omar A TURNER Pilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-669815 - DFC/AM+3/PH - Fils de George I Turner, Atlanta, Georgia
1Lt Hubert R TARDIF CoPilot Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer O-731694 - AM+3/PH - Fils de Florence Tardif, Denver, Colorado
2Lt Wilfried J KOEHN Navigator Dead Rock Island Nat Cem. E.390 - ILLINOIS O-795263 - 25 ans - Né le 27/01/1919 - Illinois
2Lt Theodore H OLSON Bomber Dead Cim St-Laurent-sur-Mer O-669387 - DFC/AM/PH - Minnesota
T/Sgt Mitchell W POWELL Radio Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 38181478 - DFC/AM+3/PH - Fils de Pearl Z Powell, Gotebo, Oklahoma
S/Sgt Willis D KING Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 14005640 - AM+2 - Tallahassee, Florida
S/Sgt Robert E HAGEY Gunner Dead Southlawn Cem. B.201.1 - South Ben, INDIANA 15103517 - 21 ans - Né en 1923 - South Bend, Indiana
S/Sgt Ruel K BOONE Gunner Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 6923409 - AM+3/PH - Fort Hill, South Carolina
S/Sgt Herbert Joseph GARROW Gunner Dead Riverdale Cem. Lewiston, Niagara Co, NEW YORK 32551821 - 22 ans - Né le 29/07/1921 - Fils de Théodore et Hazel M Garrow; époux de Clarice Ruth (Ross) Finley - Niagara Falls, New York
T/Sgt Clifford A STAFFORD Mecanic Dead Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer 37211296 - DFC/AM+3/PH - Fils de Cleo Stafford, Thayer, Kansas

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Source : DON MORRISON http://www.b24bestweb.com/lonesomepolecat-v4.htm

  

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Source : https://www.aerosteles.net/stelefr-rouxmesnilbouteilles-b24

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