Frederick Gordon Pynigar
MilitaryAssigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102581 'Lonesome Polecat'. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-803697
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ansonia, CT | 12 April 1917 | Son of Frederick and Anne Pynigar. |
Enlisted |
Hartford, CT | 21 July 1942 | Hartford, Connecticut |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 28 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
Milford, CT | 7 August 2002 | |
Buried |
Riverside Cemetery Shelton, Fairfield County, CT | 10 August 2002 | Riverside Cemetery Shelton, Fairfield County, Connecticut |
Based |
Deenethorpe | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for readability.
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5306 / MACR 5306,
href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1192">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1192> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database