John Harold Geer
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Picture from Enid Army Air Forces Training Command (Oklahoma)
Object Number - UPL 82286 - Capt John H. Geer Picture from Enid Army Air Forces Training Command (Oklahoma)
Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. 25 x missions. 18-Sep-44 ditched in English channel in B-24 42-50829 'Sweet Chariot'. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), EAME (2BS), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-696197
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16092729
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15324246
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: DM, Drop Master
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
6 July 1921 | BornCraig, Colorado | |
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Enlisted |
6 May 1942 | EnlistedFort Collins, Colorado | |
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Other Commissioned |
30 August 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lt | |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
18 September 1944 | Ditched in English Channel | |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
1 January 1946 | Tablets of the MissingCambridge American Cemetery and MemorialCoton, Cambs, UK | |
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Buried Memorialised |
15 March 1959 | MemorialisedSouth Routt CemeteryYampa, Colorado |
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ABMC/ MACR 9809 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9809 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
