James Edwin Magruder
Military
My grandfather, James E. Magruder, was very active in the Wisconsin ex-POW organization. Here are articles chronicling his activities.
Object Number - UPL 56621 - James E. Magruder and Dave Hausfeld
Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by flak and crashed E of Saarbrucken enroute to the target Regensburg on 25-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31431. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742285
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th 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 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
District of Columbia, USA | 1 August 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
Washington, DC | 29 September 1942 | Washington, District Of Columbia |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 25 February 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft VI, subsequently Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
23 October 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
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Died |
Peshtigo, WA | 3 September 2003 | |
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Based |
Rattlesden | 25 February 1944 | Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/79822930/james-e-magruder-social-security-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/83814084/jame-e-magruder-wwii-army-enlistm…
https://www.fold3.com/record/624044231/james-magruder-1922-veterans-aff…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223910356/james-e-magruder
James E. Magruder's post-war ex-POW activities are a wealth of stories about his military service.
The story of my grandfather, James E. Magruder, when he was a POW during WWII.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2891, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
