Ben Thomas Day
Military
Official USAAF photo – NARA
Object Number - UPL 44960 - Ben Day, Molesworth, 21 November 1943. (Official USAAF photo – NARA)
Shot down 1 December 1943 in B-17 #42-39781. Prisoner of War (POW).
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12051907 at enlistment, then O-671085
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37232879
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19082184 at enlistment, then O-678377
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14101673 at enlistment, then O-679083
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-681691
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Career Girl
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Arbala, Texas, USA | 19 October 1922 | |
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Enlisted |
14 November 1942 | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 1 December 1943 | Interned at Stalag Luft 3. Force-marched from there and ended up in Stalag 7A in Moosburg, Germany. Liberated there by US troops on 29 April 1945. NARA WWII POW record: “Returned to Military Control 4 July 1945.” |
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Died |
Houston, Texas, USA | 1 May 1978 | |
| Sulphur Springs, Texas, USA | |||
|
Buried |
Arbala, Texas, USA | Arbala Cemetery |
Revisions
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a connection to Stalag Luft 3 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
MACR 1325
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft card
NARA WWII POW records
Veterans Affairs BIRLS death File
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1325 / MACR 1387 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
