Benjamin Aguinaldo

Military

Shot down by fighters and crashed at Letzlingen Forest on 6/20/44 in B-17 #42-97366 Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Events

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Born

New York City, New York 13 July 1924

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Contributorbernard516
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Birth certificate and death certificate

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Military records and he's my paternal uncle. We have the same surname.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5895; Snetterton Falcons, pg 134