Irving M Day Jr

Military

Shot down 11 April 1944 in B-24 #42-7572 'Werewolf'. POW.



POW

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Units served with

A flight of B-24 Liberators of the 446th Bomb Group fly in formation above the clouds.

446th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-7572

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Werewolf/Princess ORourke
  • Unit: 446th Bomb Group 705th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Schenectady New York 13 November 1922

Died

Oakland, MD 7 April 2009

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 11 April 1944 Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12

Revisions

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Contributorhavocusarmy82
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Added by Anthony Day, Irving's grandson

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3782 / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000; MACR 3782 & Page 244 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISIONby Turner Publishing Company, 1998, D790.A2S45; The History of the 446th Bomb Group, pg 83 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database