James E O'Brien
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Completed 20 missions. January 27, 1943, successfully piloted very shot up plane back to England. Shot down 14 May 1943 in B-24D 41-23819 'Rugged Bunny' while serving as Co-Pilot. Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag Luft 3.
POW
Connections
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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: Rugged Buggy
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 May 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 14 May 1943 - 25 May 1945 | Held at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan-Silesia (now Poland) Officially Returned to Military Control (RMC) 25-May-45. |
Died |
25 July 2001 | ||
Born |
Monogahala, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Buried |
Jefferson Memorial Park, Pleasantville, Pennsylvania |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2015. Confirmed SN and added POW event per National Archives Records Administration (NARA) WWII POW database; made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Edited Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15509 / MACR 15509, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol 1 by Bishop & Hey p. 119, picture of plane p. 118, NARA POW records, 44th BG Roll of Honor and Casualties by Lundy pp. 43, 70-72 Quoted pp. 70-72 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / http://8thairforce.com/44thbg/search/perlastname.asp