Donald James Corrigan
MilitaryAssigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited 1 x kill. Transferred to 27ATG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Agony Wagon
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Base Air Depot Area (BADA) : 1st Base Air Depot (1 BAD)
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Agency, IA 52530, USA | 13 July 1917 | Son of Louis J and Julia C Corrigan. |
Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 13 January 1941 | |
Other Crashed |
Hampton, VA 23665, USA | 1 February 1943 | Force Landing Langley Field, VA Cat 4 damage Lt Donald J Corrigan, 1-Feb-43. P-47C 41-6469 - 352FS 353FG |
Other Crashed |
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), Baltimore, MD 21240, USA | 2 February 1943 | Landing Accident Municipal Airport, Baltimore, MD Cat 3 damage Lt Donald J Corrigan, 2-Feb-43. P-47C 41-6447 - 352FS 353FG |
Other Crashed |
Millville, NJ 08332, USA | 10 March 1943 | Landing Accident Ground Loop Millville, NJ Cat 3 damage Lt Donald J Corrigan, 10-Mar-43. P-47C 41-6473 352FS 353FG |
Other E/A Destroyed |
6800 Libramont-Chevigny, Belgium | 8 February 1944 | Fw190 destroyed Libramont 8-Feb-44. |
Based |
Burtonwood | 25 May 1944 | Transferred to 27ATG, 8AF USAAF. |
Died |
Sweet Home, OR, USA | 22 July 2004 | |
Waukee, Iowa | |||
Based |
Raydon | 25 May 1944 | Assigned to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Promotion |
Raydon, Ipswich IP7 5LL, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Buried |
2461 Lake Ave, Rochester, NY 14612, USA | Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Rochester, Monroe County, NY |
Revisions
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Corrigan%2C+Dona…
https://www.fold3.com/image/89603420?terms=Donald%20J%20Corrigan
https://www.fold3.com/record/12438899-donald-j-corrigan
https://www.fold3.com/record/85910398-donald-j-corrigan
https://www.fold3.com/image/48254436?terms=Donald%20J%20Corrigan
https://353rdfightergroup.wordpress.com/category/352nd-fighter-squadron/
http://www.wwiiaircraftperformance.org/p-47/er/353-corrigan-8feb44.jpg
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_353.php
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174061969/donald-james-corrigan
Combined two entries for Donald J Corrigan. Now includes information from the following source:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia