Raymond John Born
MilitaryShot down 5 January 1944 in B-17 #42-30200 "Slo-Time Sally". Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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Units served with

- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment

- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-000170
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36610483
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator / Gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13135631
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner

- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20272732 at enlistment, then O-748006
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-685645
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft

- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Slo-Time Sally
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
Missions

- Date: 5 January 1944

- Date: 20 December 1943

- Date: 16 December 1943

- Date: 13 December 1943
![Personnel of the 94th Bomb Group at a mission briefing. A censor has obscured the maps and charts in the background. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated Press'[stamp],'Passed for publication 14 December 1943.'[stamp] '296691.'[Censor no] Printed caption on reverse: 'Operations Room at US Air Base. Preparing for take off. Associated Press photo shows: Col.F. W. Castle, Group Commanding Officer, gives the massed crews of the base the last part of the briefing, and a personal 'Godspeed' and 'Good Luck' in](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-408449.jpg?itok=vqYd9b1f)
- Date: 11 December 1943
Places

- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
18 July 1917 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 14 February 1944 - 30 May 1945 | slight Flak wounds; initially evaded; arrested 14 February 1944. Interned at Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany |
Buried |
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery | 13 August 1991 | |
Illiois |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, events, person associations and place associations
Sources
MACR 1892
Contributorgreg_born
ChangesChanges to service number and events
Sources
added serial number and burial location (Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery)
Contributorgreg_born
ChangesChanges to highest rank, awards, events and mission associations
Sources
Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) 1892 and personal communications
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1892 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database