Paul T Degnan

Military

Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down on mission to Oschersleben on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17F 42-5360 'War Bride. ' Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 1032



Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Faithful : War Bride
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th 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

Enlisted

Springfield, MA 15 April 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 11 January 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Baled out POW

Oschersleben, Germany 11 January 1944 Shot down on mission to Oschersleben on 11 Jan 1944 in B-17F 42-5360 'War Bride. ' POW. MACR 1032

Died

Atlantic City, NJ 14 August 1949

Buried

Saint Stephens Cemetery, Framingham, MA 20 August 1949 Saint Stephens Cemetery Framingham, Middlesex County, MA

Born

Nashua, NH Son of Bartholemew I and Anna M [Murphy] Degnan.

Based

Molesworth 11 January 1944 Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1926 / MACR 1926, 8th AF Losses / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database