John R Heslin

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Shot down 25 July 1943 B-17 #425917. Killed in Action (KIA).



KIA

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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

Aircraft

42-5917

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bouncin Bitch
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 524th Bomb Squadron 526th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

25 July 1943

Born

Lowell, Massachusetts

Buried

Plot D Row 39 Grave 21

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

https://abmc.gov/node/546266#.WUpPZk2GOM8

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1767; 379th Bombardment Anthology, pg 343