Benjamin Clarke Fincher Jr
MilitaryShot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 42-30790 'Cue Ball. ' Prisoner of War (POW).
Flew 19 credited missions, including the infamous Schweinfurt raid in August, 1943, before being shot down and held as a Prisoner of War (POW) on Oct. 9, 1943 in Moosburg at Stalag 7-A.
POW, Silver Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal, Oak Leaf
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-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Cue Ball
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 511th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 7a, Moosburg
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Matthews, North Carolina | 20 October 1917 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Moosburg, Germany | 9 October 1943 | Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11) |
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Died |
20 December 1996 | ||
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Buried |
Matthews, North Carolina |
Revisions
Updated Rank and added S/N per MACR 878 at fold3.com.
Source: https://www.fold3.com/image/28611518/28611527
Added POW Camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=3&tf=F&q=B+…
Flagged as a "Possible DUPLICATE" in the Nickname field so an Admin can check out this person.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 878