Jesse C Corley

Military

Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-17 #4239820 'Also Ran - Still Running. ' Prisoner of War (POW). Spent 13 months as a Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag Luft 17B near Krems, Austria



POW; Air Medal; Good Conduct Medal

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-39820

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Also Ran - Still Running
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

1 October 2003

Born

Batesburg, South Carolina, USA

Buried

Batesburg, South Carolina

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 April 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4015 / MACR 4015, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=560 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database