John J Kovacs

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

media-30391.jpeg UPL 30391 T/Sgt John J. Kovacs, T/Sgt John J. Kovacs,

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Object Number - UPL 30391 - T/Sgt John J. Kovacs,

Shot down during strong fighter attacks and crashed near Quakenbruck, GR on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-31731. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

349th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-31731

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Unit: 100th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron

Places

The control tower at Thorpe Abbotts, home of the 100th Bomb Group, 1952. Handwritten caption on reverse: '1952, 100 BG.'

Events

Event	Location	Date
Died		6 March 1944
Born	Highland Park, New Jersey, USA
Buried
Other Killed in Action (KIA)	Germany	6 March 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:16

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3019 / MACR 3019, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 30391 - T/Sgt John J. Kovacs,