Paul T Degnan
MilitaryAssigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on mission to Oschersleben on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17F 42-5360 'War Bride. ' Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1032
Awards: POW, PH, 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Faithful : War Bride
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Springfield, MA | 15 April 1942 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 11 January 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Other Baled out POW |
Oschersleben, Germany | 11 January 1944 | Shot down on mission to Oschersleben on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17F 42-5360 'War Bride. ' POW. MACR 1032 |
Died |
Atlantic City, NJ | 14 August 1949 | |
Buried |
Saint Stephens Cemetery, Framingham, MA | 20 August 1949 | Saint Stephens Cemetery Framingham, Middlesex County, MA |
Born |
Nashua, NH | Son of Bartholemew I and Anna M [Murphy] Degnan. | |
Based |
Molesworth | 11 January 1944 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1926 / MACR 1926, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database