James Lincoln Corrigan
MilitaryAssigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 20-Dec-43 in B-24 42-7630. 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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-676780
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 506th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
New Bedford, MA | 12 February 1919 | Son of John Corrigan. |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 22 July 1942 | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 20 December 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
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Died |
Mashpee, MA | 30 October 1987 | |
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Buried |
Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne, Barnstable County, MA | Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne, Barnstable County, Massachusetts | |
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Based |
Shipdham | 20 December 1943 | Assigned to 506BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162236805/james-l.-corrigan
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1712 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database