John Columbus Sides Jr

Military

Shot down in B-24 41-28779 at Alt Kabelich 20-Jun-44. Prisoner of War (POW).



Awards: POW, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

Connections

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Units served with

The insignia of the 389th Bomb Group.

389th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

A burning B-24 Liberator (KO-XA), believed to be (serial number 41-28779) of the 389th Bomb Group, captured by the Luftwaffe, that crashed on take off at Wackersleben 13 April 1945, and was deliberately set alight by the Germans.

41-28779

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 389th Bomb Group 564th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

North Carolina, USA 19 December 1922 Son of John Columbus Sr and Ada E [Bragg] Sides.

Enlisted

Fort Bragg, NC, USA 14 December 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 20 June 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Baled out

Alt Käbelich, 17349 Lindetal, Germany 20 June 1944 Shot down in B-24 41-28779 at Alt Kabelich 20-Jun-44. POW.

Died

Burke County, NC, USA 27 May 2001
Connally Springs, North Carolina, USA

Buried

8831 Old N C Hwy 10, Hildebran, NC 28637, USA First Baptist Church Hildebran Cemetery Hildebran Burke County North Carolina, USA.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Correction of B-24 nickname - Arthur Suppona Via Nate Bosley

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6533 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database