Benjamin Olague Cabrera
MilitaryAssigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Lechfeld 12-Sep-44 flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8622.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17114791 / O-819051
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Something Else
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Fresno, CA | 16 December 1922 | Son of Margaret O Cabrera. |
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Enlisted |
Fresno, CA | 16 January 1943 | |
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Other Baled out POW |
Karwendelhaus, Austria | 12 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Lechfeld 12-Sep-44 flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8622. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 12 September 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Died |
Whittier, CA | 16 September 2018 | |
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Buried |
Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, CA | 21 September 2018 | Rose Hills Memorial Park Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA |
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Based |
Lucera | 12 September 1944 | Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |