Malcolm G Armstrong
MilitaryAssigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Wittstoch, Germany hit by flak near Dokkum, Holland in P-38J 42-68127 21-Jun-44 Lt Malcolm G Armstrong baled out POW. MACR 5942.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Post War: Remained in USAF. Served in Korea and Vietnam rising to the rank of Lt Colonel.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oregon, USA | 18 August 1918 | |
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Enlisted |
Portland, OR, USA | 9 March 1942 | |
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Other Assigned |
Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK | 6 June 1944 - 21 June 1944 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 21 June 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). |
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Other Baled Out POW |
Dokkum, Netherlands | 21 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) bomber escort Wittstoch, Germany hit by flak near Dokkum, Holland in P-38J 42-68127 21-Jun-44 Lt Malcolm G Armstrong baled out POW. MACR 5942. |
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Died |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 31 December 1969 | |
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Buried |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | Los Angeles National Cemetery Los Angeles Los Angeles County California, USA. |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5942 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list