Philip Robert Ballinger

Military

Philip Ballinger was a pilot in the 358th FG, transferred to 9th AF on 1 February 1944. He flew 36 missions before being shot down by Flak over France in his P-47 #42-76328 on 11 April 1944 on a dive-bombing/strafing mission to the Rennes/Saint-Jacques-de-Lalande airfield, Ille-et-Vilaine Department, France. Crashed La Goultière, 1km West of Châteaubourg, Ille-et-Vilaine Department, France. Evaded capture for a few days and was arrested, (probably near Doué-en-Anjou, 40km SE of Angers, France) on 16 April. Prisoner of War (POW). Interned at the Fresnes Prison in Paris. Sent to the Dulag Luft Interrogation Center in Wetzlar, Germany on 27 July 1944. Interned at Stalag Luft 3, Sagan/Zagan, Poland. Force-marched to Stalag 7A Moosburg. Liberated there 29 April 1945 by US troops. NARA WWII POW Records “Returned to Military Control 26 June 1945.” Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 4523.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 358th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Kerrville, Texas 10 September 1922 the son of Lemuel M. and Ida A. (Patten) Ballinger

Other

Bailed out

11 April 1944 of his P-47 #42-76328 near Châteaubourg, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Other

Evaded capture

11 April 1944 - 16 April 1944 Captured (probably near Doué-en-Anjou, 40km SE of Angers, France) after initially evading capture

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

16 April 1944 Interned at the Fresnes Prison in Paris. Sent to the Dulag Luft Interrogation Center in Wetzlar on 27 July. Interned at Stalag Luft 3; force-marched to Stalag 7A Moosburg. Liberated there 29 April 1945 by US troops. NARA WWII POW Records “Returned to Military Control 26 June 1945.”

Died

1 July 2011 Sumter, South Carolina
North Little Rock, Arkansas

Buried

Philip Ballinger rests at the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, South Carolina

Revisions

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Corrected capture location

Date
ContributorED-BB
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WWII Draft Card
MACR 4523
NARA WWII POW Records
NARA Captured German Records : – J-861 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131495865
+ page 35 at KU-559A (12 of 17) at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/142682978

Date
ContributorClaiborne Stokes
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MACR 4523

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Electronic database submission; MACR; NARA POW records; Obituary