Benjamin Olague Cabrera

Military

Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Lechfeld 12-Sep-44 flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8622.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17114791 / O-819051
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Something Else
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Fresno, CA 16 December 1922 Son of Margaret O Cabrera.

Enlisted

Fresno, CA 16 January 1943

Other

Baled out POW

Karwendelhaus, Austria 12 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Lechfeld 12-Sep-44 flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8622.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 12 September 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Whittier, CA 16 September 2018

Buried

Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, CA 21 September 2018 Rose Hills Memorial Park Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA

Based

Lucera 12 September 1944 Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF.