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416th Bombardment Group (L) S/Sgt. Ray NMI Bankston Jr. Airplane Mechanic - Gunner, 38428208 Prisoner Of War 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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416th Bombardment Group (L) S/Sgt. Ray NMI Bankston Jr. Airplane Mechanic - Gunner, 38428208 Prisoner Of War 668th Bombardment Squadron (L) |
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Born: 25-Feb-1923, Ivanhoe, Fannin, Texas
POW summary: Fail to Return Date: 20-May-1944 Captured: 20-May-1944 12:15, 4 km West of Vieux-Rouen, 22 km Northwest of Poix, captured immmediately after landing Hospital: Air Force Hospital Amiens State of Health: Heavy flesh-injury on left fore-arm POW Camp: Stalag 4F + Work Camps Hartmannsdorf-Chemnitz Saxony 51-12 Return Date: 08-Jun-1945 NARA WW II POW Data File Latest Report Date: 8-Jun-1945 NARA WW II POW Data File ID: 3517 / (PDF) Died: 26-Apr-2004, Casa Grande, Pinal, Arizona On-line Memorials: National World War II Registry |
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Ray Bankston Jr.
Casa Grande Dispatch (Arizona) 28 April 2004, Ray Bankston Jr. Obituary, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/13326C522F17C558-13326C522F17C558 [subscription required] : accessed 9 April 2021) |
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MACR 4971 Details Notes: A/C Last Sighted. Lost as a result of Enemy Anti-Aircraft. Plane hit by flak. Started to slow roll losing altitude; then fell straight down out of control. Description: Two planes were lost over enemy territory, ... From the planes that were lost, three chutes came from one, and two chutes from the other. The crews of the planes were Lt Blair H. Bradford, S/Sgt Clarence M. Gray, S/Sgt Vern E. Molver, Lt Michael E. Kleopfel, S/Sgt Ray Bankston, and S/Sgt LeRoy R. Shaw. (416th BG History 1944) See also Mission # 50 |
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Prisoner Of War (POW) Camps
Escape & Evasion (E&E) Reports
POW/E&E Terms and Acronyms
POW/E&E Sources, References, Resources
