John E Bauer
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Frankfurt in P-51 'Georgetta' 44-13725. Became separated from squadron in overcast. Pilot Lt John E Bauer Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8545.
Awards: PH.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Bottleneck
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 496th Fighter Training Group 436th Fighter Squadron 554th Fighter Training Squadron 555th Fighter Training Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: Georgette
- Unit: 55th Fighter Group 338th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Miami Beach, FL, USA | 5 February 1943 | |
Other Crashed |
Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber DN19, UK | 11 August 1944 | Landing Accident Goxhill/Sta 345 Cat 3 damage 2Lt John E Bauer, 11-Aug-44. P-51C* 43-12460W - 555FTS 496FTG 8AF |
Died |
78300 Poissy, France | 1 September 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) escort mission to Frankfurt in P-51 'Georgetta' 44-13725. Became separated from squadron in overcast. Pilot Lt John E Bauer Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8545. |
Buried |
91580 Villeneuve-sur-Auvers, France | 2 September 1944 | Interred Villeneuve sur Auvers. |
Allegheny County, PA, USA | |||
Based |
Wormingford | 1 September 1944 | Assigned to 338FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Born |
Allegheny County, PA, USA |
Revisions
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=44-13725&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28674336
https://www.fold3.com/page/83864311_john_e%20bauer/details/
http://www.database-memoire.eu/prive/en-us/st-james-all-soldiers/102-st…
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Bauer%2C+John+E&…
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bauer&GSfn=John&G…;
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8545 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list