John Bethany Hardman
MilitaryAssigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. Jack Hickey crew. 6 x combat missions. Shot down 22-May-44 in B-17 42-102402. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4954
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
- Service Numbers: 16018890 / O-690928
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17061679 / O-683996
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Somerset, NJ | 16 January 1918 | Son of Hugh W Hardman. |
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Enlisted |
Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, CA | 29 October 1941 | Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, California |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 22 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
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Other Baled out POW |
Rethwischfeld, Germany | 22 May 1944 | Shot down 22-May-44 in B-17 42-102402. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 4954 |
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Died |
Morris Plains, NJ | 6 December 2004 | |
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | 22 May 1944 | Assigned to 547BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4954 / MACR 4954, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database