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Old 6th July 2018, 22:11
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Re: Major William Horrigan USAAF Java PoW 1942

Brian and Rolland,

It seems this thread is coming to a close with most of Brian's initial query answered although second hand not coming from an account directly from Horrigan. Still hoping his account will turn up as Horrigan had an extended USAF career not retiring until 31 May 1959.

Perhaps not necessary at this late point in this thread but found a little more background for Horrigan related to his command service in the PI. It is highly likely he held other below command positions earlier in his PI deployment.

1 June 1940 - 1 Sept 1940, CO; 20th Air Base Squadron, Nichols Field, PI

29 Aug 1941 - 31 Oct 1941, CO; 3rd Pursuit Squadron, Iba Airfield, PI

Source: https://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/ca...rofbattle3.pdf

1941? CO; 28th BS, 19th BG, difficult to determine location with this source perhaps; Batchelor, Australia or Singosari, Java.

Source:
http://ww35.usafunithistory.com/PDF/...0BOMB%20SQ.pdf

It seems Major Horrigan was last assigned as USAAF liaison officer to the Dutch Java Air Command in Bandung during Jan-Feb 42, according to Peter Boer in this link provided earlier by Rolland in post #7.
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/theo...ava-t1615.html

Still writing a bio for the Horrigan findagrave page/memorial, placed under my maintenance without request. It will likely not be brief.
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