Benjamin F Jackson
MilitaryShot down during a head-on fighter attack on a mission to Gotha, GR on 24 Feb 1944 in B-24H #42-7527 'Black Widow'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Black Widow
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hoper, North Carolina, USA | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 24 February 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2948 / MACR 2948, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database