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DICKEY, Vollie B - Date of
birth
11 September 1916 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Houston, Harris County, Texas -
Hometown
Maydelle, Cherokee County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
38096920 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner -
Unit
335th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
26 July 1943 - Place of
death
Bremen, west of the River Elbe, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
John R. Dickey (father)
Ora L. (Nash) Dickey (mother)
Oleta Dickey (sister)
Ollie Dickey (brother)
Robert L. Dickey (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3264 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Angel of Destruction
Destination: Hannover, Germany
Mission: Bombing of rubber factories
MACR: 193
More information
Vollie B. Dickey was a retail manager.He enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas, on 27 February 1942.
The airplane was shot down by enemy aircraft and flak, which knocked out two engines. The entire crew of ten men was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.8thafhs.com,
www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Dowden.FKB Family Tree / Tiffany Browning-Blossoming Family Tree
Photo source: www.95thbg.org, Michel Beckers, Peter Schouteten/Don Sutton (nephew)