John Warren Gardiner
Military
Object Number - UPL 67650 - John W. Gardiner, Waist Gunner, Koch Crew, 547th BS, 384th BG
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Robert Koch crew. 34 x combat missions. ETD
John played football for University of Minnesota, before enlisting in the Army Air Corp.
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war: After World War II, John played for Purdue University before graduating from Montana State University with a B.S. in Commercial Sciences, where he met his wife of 62 years, Eileen. John was drafted into the Professional Canadian Football league in 1949 as a quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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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: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Copilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16113296 / O-705908
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32729977
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-762768
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier/Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31298176
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
22 December 1922 | Son of Russell and Katherine Gardiner. | |
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Enlisted |
7 October 1942 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
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Other Promotion |
26 June 1944 | Promoted to Staff Sergeant. | |
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Died |
1 April 2015 | ||
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Based |
Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/616753473
https://www.fold3.com/record/84644203-john-w-gardiner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Gardiner
https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerg/gard00560.html
https://benchedathletes.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/johnny-gardiner/
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/MarinIJ/obituary.aspx?n=John-W-Gardin…
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=5607
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
