John Peter Vournakis
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Associated person and group.
Object Number - UPL 41522 - 2nd Lt. John P. Vournakis, 379th Bomb Group, 524th Bomb Squadron.
Shot down 14 October 1943 in B-17 42-3056. Killed in Action (KIA).
He enlisted in the Army on September 11, 1941, prior to the war, in Huntington West Virginia. He was noted, at the time of enlistment, as being employed as a manager and also single with no dependents.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Killed in action |
14 October 1943 | ||
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Born |
Hollidays Cove, West Virginia | ||
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Buried |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entries to indclude details from:
MACR 955;
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56361441/john-p-vournakis via user Glen Owen - https://www.americanairmuseum.com/user/37395
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 955; 379th Bombardment Group Anthology, pg 284 and 345
