Monuments
B-17 41-24501 Crash Site Memorial Plaque
POW Camp Stalag Luft III & VIIIC Museum (Muzeum Obozów Jenieckich)
Name:
James M. Ferguson
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-438023
Unit:
368th Bomber Squadron, 306th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
Mississippi
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1st Lt James M. Ferguson, pilot of the B-17 41-24501, took off from Station 111 in Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, UK on a bombing mission over St Nazaire’s submarine pens. They were targeted by flak and fighters until the crew bailed out over the Atlantic. Ferguson was captured and spent time as a POW as follows: Jan 5th- Jan 11th 1943 – Dulag Luft, Jan 15th – Apr 11th 1943 – Oflag XXIB, Apr 14th 1943 – Jan 27th 1945 – Stalag Luft 3 Sagan, Liberated April 29th 1945 from Stalag 7A in Moosburg. His dogtag is exhibited at the POW camps museum in Zagan, Poland