William Borrego
MilitaryCo-pilot, Cogswell crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by fighters and crashed near target on mission #68 to the airfields at Leipzig, Germany on 20 Feb 1944 in B-17F #42-3562 'AH-HA-HA'. MACR 2929. Day #1 of Big Week .Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft I.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12208383
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-809676
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11037026
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 532nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12193838
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner
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Other Prisoner of War |
Barth, Germany | 20 February 1944 | Stalag Luft I |
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381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 2929, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2929 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database