John F Humphrey

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-39779.jpeg UPL 39779 1st Lt John E Morse (Front row, end left) with his crew of B17 The Sweater Girl.
Standing left to right : John F. Humphreys (top-turret gunner, fatally injured , mission 54, Dec. 31, 1943) Charles S. Sechrist S/Sgt – Eng/TTG; Homer L. Neill S/Sgt – BTG; Charles E. Cox S/Sgt – RWG; Andrew L. Allen S/Sgt – LWG; Willard H. Clothier T/Sgt RO.
Kneeling left to right: John E. Morse 1st Lt – Pilot; Robert J.Philips FO – CP; Robert Y. Daniels 2nd Lt – Bom; Leonard R Lovelace 2nd Lt – Nav.

Photo by kind permission of Mary Barton, via Mitch Peeke.

Object Number - UPL 39779 - 1st Lt John E Morse (Front row, end left) with his crew of B17 The Sweater Girl. Standing left to right : John F. Humphreys (top-turret gunner,...

Killed in Action (KIA). Killed in air 12/31/1943

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Events

Event Location Date Description

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Killed in action

31 December 1943

Born

Robeson County, North Carolina

Buried

North Carolina

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 516, NARA; 379th Bombardment Anthology, pg 343

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Object number: UPL 39779 - 1st Lt John E Morse (Front row, end left) with his...