Robert D Corgan

Military

Assigned to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) support mission Kassell in P-51D 44-11188, coolant leak led to engine failure baled out near Flamersheim 18-Oct-44 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 9462.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-11188

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 352nd Fighter Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

Stalag Luft I

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Multnomah County, OR, USA 20 October 1920 Son of Charles J and Jane Corgan.

Enlisted

Santa Ana, CA, USA 12 March 1943

Other

Baled out

Flamersheim, 53881 Euskirchen, Germany 18 October 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) support mission Kassell in P-51D 44-11188, coolant leak led to engine failure baled out near Flamersheim 18-Oct-44 POW MACR 9462.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 18 October 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Died

Bend, OR, USA 25 April 2007
Portland, OR, USA

Based

Atcham Assigned to 495FTG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Raydon 18 October 1944 Transferred to 352FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

333 SW Skyline Blvd, Portland, OR 97221, USA Mount Calvary Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, OR

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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list