Jack William Pippin
MilitaryJack Pippin was Radio Operator/Gunner on B-26 Serial #42-107588 hit by Flak on the 14 January 1945 mission to bomb the bridge at Steinebrück, Saint-Vith, Belgium. MACR 11926. Captured, he was a Prisoner of War (POW) and interned in Stalag Luft 3, from where he and other Americans were force-marched to Stalag 7A in Moosburg until liberation by US troops on 29 April 1945.
Married to Elizabeth Nease, they started Pippin Advertising Service in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1949, which later became the Pippin Advertising Sign Co. In 1964, Elizabeth died in a house fire and Jack passed away a year later.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-667904
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18084765 and O-726105
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18024532 and O-660867
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38310701
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Armorer; Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16049634
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 14 January 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Tennessee, United States | 4 September 1920 | the son of William M. and Bertha Akard Pippin |
Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States | 3 June 1942 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Żagań, Poland | 14 April 1945 - 29 April 1945 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3 Sagan, Poland – Liberated 29 04 1945 from Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military control 09 07 1945” |
Died |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States | 3 September 1965 | |
Buried |
Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States | ||
Church Hill, Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States |