Gordon Adair Ballagh
Military
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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35741259
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11103114
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36707114
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12051051
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Burwell, Garfield County, Nebraska, United States | 19 January 1921 | the son of Robert A. and Harriet E. (Gumb) Ballagh |
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Enlisted |
20 January 1942 | Buffalo, New York | |
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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.” |
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Died |
31 July 2012 | Burwell, Nebraska | |
| Holt County, Nebraska | |||
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Buried |
Gordon Ballagh rests at the Cottonwood Cemetery, Burwell, Nebraska |
Revisions
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).
NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theindependent/obituary.aspx?n=gordon…
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