John Jupinko

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA) 30 September 1944 in A/C #43-38480. A/C was hit by the blast and debris from A/C #115, flying #7 position, low element. The latter A/C had been hit by a bomb or bombs, dropped from an A/C flying in the higher element, lead group, at bombs away. The left wing of A/C #480 was on fire as it left the formation. 7 of crew were Killed in Action (KIA) or Missing in Action (MIA), 2 Prisoner of War (POW). Target was Bielefeld, Germany.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 860th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

30 September 1944

Born

New York State

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 30 September 1944

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Corrected a typo in the "Summary biography" - "were" was misspelled.
Changed the label of the “Evaded” event to "Killed in Action (KIA)" per info in the "Summary biography".

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998, ABMC, MACR 9430/ niece:Annette Mather,

href="http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php">http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php>; Losses of 8thAF, vol 4. / MACR 9430 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database