John Currie MacDougall

Military
media-52908.jpeg UPL 52908 2nd Lt John C MacDougall. 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 52908 - 2nd Lt John C MacDougall. 401BG.

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 11 x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Kassel in B-17 42-31069 'Little Moe' 28-Sep-44; crashed near Helmstedt Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9415



Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19137136 / O-760593
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little moe
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
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

Miles City, MT 30 January 1923

Other

Prisoner of war (POW)

Barth, Germany 28 September 1944 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of war (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Pontiac, Oakland County, MI 5 February 1948

Buried

Perry Mount Park Cemetery Pontiac, Oakland County, MI 8 February 1948 Perry Mount Park Cemetery Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan

Based

Deenethorpe 28 September 1944 Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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