Irving M Day Jr
MilitaryShot down 11 April 1944 in B-24 #42-7572 'Werewolf'. POW.
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Werewolf/Princess ORourke
- Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Schenectady New York | 13 November 1922 | |
Died |
Oakland, MD | 7 April 2009 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 11 April 1944 | Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12 |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3782 / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; MACR 3782 & Page 244 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998, D790.A2S45; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 83 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database