Vincent O McMahon Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Original USAAF photo caption (23122 AC) : “Left to right : S/Sgt. Paul Kirken, Denora, Pa.; S/Sgt. Paul Logan, Everett, Wash.; S/Sgt. Vincent O. Mc Mahon, Providence, R. I.; S/Sgt. Eugene T. Miller, Kansas City, Mo.; Sgt. John F. Osborne, Shelbyville, Ind., all of whom received Air Medals.” [ Awards ceremony in Cairo, Egypt, North Africa – photo sent on 3 March 1943 through Evaluation Unit, AAF from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt. ]
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Vincent McMahon was Tail Gunner on B-24 41-24025 'Satan's Chariot' on the 31 March 1943 mission to Rotterdam. The plane was last seen heading for England and was lost in the North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Still listed as Missing In Action (MIA)
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34179394
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12032379 and O-660421
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18001342 and O-435716
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17030885
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Providence, Rhode Island, United States | 20 January 1942 | as a Private in the Air Corps |
Other Missing In Action (MIA) |
North Sea | 31 March 1943 | On board B-24 # 41-24025 when it was lost in the North Sea |
Born |
Rhode Island | the son of Vincent and Theresa McMahon | |
Providence County, Rhode Island, United States | |||
Other Memorialized |
Cambridge American Cemetery And Memorial, Coton, Cambridge, United Kingdom | Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial |
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Sources
ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 94, Ted's Travelling Circus by Carroll (Cal) Stewart, p. 89 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia