John Dennis Crimmins
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
All information correct as on Roll of Honor board
Object Number - UPL 13253 - 93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 41-21121 'Let 'er Rip' 1-Aug-43; crashed east of Brod, Macedonia Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 462
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-731644
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Let Er Rip
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Little Falls, New York | 23 September 1915 | Son of Catherine Mary Cummins. |
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Enlisted |
Fort McClellan AL | 16 April 1942 | Fort McClellan Alabama |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Brod, Macedonia | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti in B-24 41-21121 'Let 'er Rip' 1-Aug-43; crash east of Brod, Macedonia KIA MACR 462 |
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Based |
1 August 1943 | Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF USAAF. | |
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Buried |
Jefferson Barracks National CemeteryLemay, St. Louis County, MO | Re-Interred Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Contributordecwriter
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Sources
NARA files verified ASN, DFC and AM w/1 oak leaf cluster. His DFC was awarded for the Operation Tidal Wave mission.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 462