John E Ault

Military

John Ault was part of the crew of B-17G #42-31050, which crashed for unknown reasons on a mission to Frankfurt on 29 January 1944.



Ault is recorded as having been a Prisoner of War on his tombstone but is known to have escaped capture with the help of the resistance. At the end of his escape route he was hidden in the childrens' home of Kiewit/ Hasselt, named 'Home Rulot', before boarding a light aircraft at the airfield of Kiewit.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-31050

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Athens, Pennsylvania 23 April 1913

Enlisted

Binghamton, NY, USA 21 September 1942

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

29 January 1944

Died

16 May 2005

Buried

St James Cemetery, Waverly, NY 14892, USA

Revisions

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Obituary: http://www.cqservices.com/local_news/Default.asp?StoryID=17974

Date
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources

Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
MACR 2874 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

See also enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=15&cat=all&t…

Also, correspondence with Sonja Brocatus from Hasselt, Belgium, who is researching a book about Allied airmen who evaded in the region.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2874, 8th AF Losses