John J O'Mara

Military

Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) blue stocking, weather mission to northern France and Belgium in Mosquito NS570; shot down over Germany by Luftwaffe night-fighter. 24-Sep-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11243

Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

25th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Reconnaissance

654th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Clayborne Oliver Vinyard

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18065673 / O-724573
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

NS570

Aircraft Type: Mosquito
Unit: 25th Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Stalag Luft I

Site type: Prisoner of war camp
Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

A crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 25th Bomb Group. Veteran's caption handwritten on reverse: 'Back Row- Left to Right Edward Corner Tail Gunner (Deceased)- Sam Odensky RDG- Donald Yennie Engineer (Status Unknown) The Hawk RAF) 1st Row Kneeling L to R Warren Forgie (Pilot), Earnest York (Co-Pilot), Edward Sofranko (Navigator), Robert Poe (Ball Gunner) (Edward York Died Oct 15, 1988 Heart Attack).'

Watton

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Other Baled out POW		24 September 1944	Failed to Return (FTR) blue stocking mission to France/Belgium; shot down, baled out POW MACR 11243
Other Prisoner of War (POW)	Barth, Germany	24 September 1944	Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.
Based	Watton	24 September 1944	Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF.
			New York, NY

Revisions

Date17 May 2020 10:05:41

ContributorAl_Skiff

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Sources

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=WR26&t…

Date1 Dec 2018 21:39:51

ContributorEmily

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Removed source information added by Wattonman from biography

Date1 Dec 2018 03:25:02

ContributorWattonman

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Sources

Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:16:17

ContributorAAM

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Sources

Combat Chronology; 25th Bomb Group in WW II Book; Aerial Intelligence for the 8th Air Force, pg 176 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia