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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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 323rd Bomb Group 453rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35004343 and O-821391
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot / GEE Navigator on this mission
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Born |
Tennessee, United States | 4 September 1920 | the son of William M. and Bertha Akard Pippin |
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Enlisted |
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States | 3 June 1942 | |
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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” |
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Died |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States | 3 September 1965 | |
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Buried |
Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States | ||
| Church Hill, Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States |