Campbell Palfrey Jr

Military

Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down by flak and crashed E of Saarbrucken en-route to the target Regensburg on 25-Feb-44 in B-17 42-31431. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2891



LOM CITATION:

SYNOPSIS: Colonel Campbell Palfrey, Jr. (ASN: 0-24738), United States Air Force, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with the Air Staff Board, Department of the Air Force, from 1962 to 1965.



LOM (2) CITATION:

SYNOPSIS: Colonel Campbell Palfrey, Jr. (ASN: 0-24738), United States Air Force, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Director of Current Operations, Pacific Air Force, from 1965 to 1968.





Awards: LOM (OLC), AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • 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
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New Orleans, LA 19 June 1918

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 24 February 1944 - 2 May 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Honolulu, HI 4 July 1999 Campbell Palfrey Jr., 81, of Honolulu, a retired colonel of the US air force, died Sunday at home. He also worked for E.F Hutton. Born in New Orleans, he is survived by his wife; one son, three daughters and five grand children. Celebration of life: 5PM tomorrow at Outrigger Canoe club. - Honolulu Star-Bulletin Thursday, July 8, 1999

Buried

Diamond Head Memorial Park Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI 7 July 1999 Diamond Head Memorial Park Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii

Based

24 February 1944

Other

Returned ZI

Returned to USA by about July 1945.

Revisions

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Military record located on Fold3.

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

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