Malcolm John MacGregor

Military

Shot down over Germany in the Kassel Mission.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Fort Worth Maid
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 27 September 1944 Shot down on 9/27/44 in B-24 'Fort Worth Maid' 42-50321 near Herleshausen by fighters

Born

Binghamton, New York, USA

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Birsic, 31 July 1944 Roster AAF #124;
MACR 9911 ;
Page 336 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Company, 1998 edition, D790.A2S45, History of the 445th Bomb Group by Rudolph Birsic /;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date
ContributorJulie M Houghton
Changes
Sources

Malcolm J MacGregor's daughter Julie Anne MacGregor Houghton

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

MACR 9911 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database