Gordon Adair Ballagh

Military
media-44957.png UPL 44957 Gordon Ballagh, Molesworth, 21 November 1943.

Official USAAF photo – NARA

Object Number - UPL 44957 - Gordon Ballagh, Molesworth, 21 November 1943.

Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-39781. Prisoner of War (POW). An interview of Gordon Ballagh can be heard at http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.19979/sr00…

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37232879
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19082184 at enlistment, then O-678377
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18217123
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14101673 at enlistment, then O-679083
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-681691
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Career Girl
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

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

Burwell, Garfield County, Nebraska, United States 19 January 1921 the son of Robert A. and Harriet E. (Gumb) Ballagh

Enlisted

20 January 1942 Buffalo, New York

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 1 December 1943 - 9 June 1945 Interned at Stalag Luft 1. NARA WWII POW record: “Returned to Military Control 9 June 1945.”

Died

31 July 2012 Burwell, Nebraska
Holt County, Nebraska

Buried

Gordon Ballagh rests at the Cottonwood Cemetery, Burwell, Nebraska

Revisions

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Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 1 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Associated Media and chose key image

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NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theindependent/obituary.aspx?n=gordon…

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1325 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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