John S Gates

Military

INT Hit by flak and crash-landed at Altenrhein, Switzerland on 7/11/44 in B-24 #4251106

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Units served with

The insignia of the 392nd Bomb Group.

392nd Bomb Group

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

People

Siegvart J Robertson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14051866 and O-792636
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Vincent C Willis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12214823 and O-819236
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-51106

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 576th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Janesville, Wisconsin 21 May 1923

Other

Interned (INT)

Germany 11 July 1944 - 24 July 1944 after crash landing at Altenrhein, Switzerland

Died

Indiana, United States 28 October 1991

Buried

Ligonier, Indiana

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
NARA WWII POW records
MACR 7495
392nd Bomb Group website : http://www.b24.net/missions/MM071144.htm#07495

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7495 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database