Theodore Bernard Corrigan

Military
media-44503.jpeg UPL 44503 S/Sgt Theodore B. Corrigan, 384BG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 44503 - S/Sgt Theodore B. Corrigan, 384BG

Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Clarry Stearns crew. Shot down 13-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31433 'Rum Pot'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3865



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.

Clarence G Stearns

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-738045
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-31433

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Rum Pot II
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

42-38013

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Sunrise, WY 30 November 1915 Son of William John and Anna Florence Van [Buskirk] Corrigan.

Enlisted

Fort Francis E Warren, Cheyenne, WY 13 January 1942 Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne Wyoming

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Krem an der Donau, Austria 13 April 1944 - 12 June 1945 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15

Other

Baled out POW

Lindenfels, Germany 13 April 1944 Shot down 13-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31433 'Rum Pot'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3865

Died

Gillette, WY 18 June 1995

Buried

Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Gillette, Campbell County, WY 21 June 1995 Mount Pisgah Cemetery Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming

Based

Grafton Underwood 13 April 1944 Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Hospitalised

California Hospitalised California.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/599283199
https://www.fold3.com/record/84566967-theodore-b-corrigan
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5340
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30971902/theodore-bernard-corrigan

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Contributorjmoore43
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Sources

Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3867 / MACR 3867, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

Theodore Bernard Corrigan: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 44503 - S/Sgt Theodore B. Corrigan, 384BG

eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. Some of the men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.

Object number: UPL 67459 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 8 March 1944/ Berlin...

Ten men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Five men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. The men are wearing cold-weather flying gear.

Object number: UPL 67470 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 16 March 1944. Back...