John Anthony Regan
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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UPL 14519
Crew #769/487
Richard J. Farrington Crew
466th BG - 784th and 787th Bomb Squadrons
Standing Left to Right: John C. Murphy (RN), John A. Perella (N), John A. Regan (CP), Richard J. Farrington (P), George E. Noe (PN), Chris Manners (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: Robert E. Peterson (TG), John C. Brennan (WG), Jerome Barrett (FE), Howard G. Goodner (R/O), Albert Seraydarian (G)
This was the last 466th BG and indeed the last 8th AF B-24 crew shot down in WW2. Manners and Seraydarian were able to bail out. Everyone else in the photo above was KIA. 466th Bomb Group collection
Richard J. Farrington Crew
466th BG - 784th and 787th Bomb Squadrons
Standing Left to Right: John C. Murphy (RN), John A. Perella (N), John A. Regan (CP), Richard J. Farrington (P), George E. Noe (PN), Chris Manners (B)
Kneeling Left to Right: Robert E. Peterson (TG), John C. Brennan (WG), Jerome Barrett (FE), Howard G. Goodner (R/O), Albert Seraydarian (G)
This was the last 466th BG and indeed the last 8th AF B-24 crew shot down in WW2. Manners and Seraydarian were able to bail out. Everyone else in the photo above was KIA. 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Killed in Action (KIA) at Regenburg in B-24 'Black Cat' #4295592
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Black Cat
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
- Known as: Black Cat Memorial
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Elmhurst, New York, USA | 20 June 1922 | |
Enlisted |
New York, NY, USA | 28 February 1943 | |
Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Scharmassing, 93083 Obertraubling, Germany | 21 April 1945 | |
Elmhurst, Queens, NY, USA | 44-31 Ketcham Street |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14182 / MCR 14182 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database