Theodore Bernard Corrigan
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Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Clarry Stearns crew. Shot down 13-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31433 'Rum Pot'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3865
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-738045
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Sunrise, WY | 30 November 1915 | Son of William John and Anna Florence Van [Buskirk] Corrigan. |
Enlisted |
Fort Francis E Warren, Cheyenne, WY | 13 January 1942 | Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne Wyoming |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krem an der Donau, Austria | 13 April 1944 - 12 June 1945 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Other Baled out POW |
Lindenfels, Germany | 13 April 1944 | Shot down 13-Apr-44 in B-17 42-31433 'Rum Pot'. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3865 |
Died |
Gillette, WY | 18 June 1995 | |
Buried |
Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Gillette, Campbell County, WY | 21 June 1995 | Mount Pisgah Cemetery Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming |
Based |
Grafton Underwood | 13 April 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Hospitalised |
California | Hospitalised California. |
Revisions
Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3867 / MACR 3867, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database