John James Vachout
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Object Number - UPL 49061
MIA 29 Jul 43 as part of the Kane crew on the mission to Keil, Germany. He bailed out after being hit by fighters due to lack of oxygen.
Declared KIA 30 Jul 43. Body never found.
Walls of the Missing, Margraten Cemetery, Netherlands
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19124165
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kayo
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Faithful
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 366th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Big Moose
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 365th Bomb Squadron 545th Bomb Squadron 379th Bomb Group
Missions
- Date: 29 July 1943
- Date: 26 July 1943
- Date: 24 July 1943
- Date: 17 July 1943
- Date: 10 July 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Chicago, Illinois, USA | 2 November 1911 | Born Chicago, Illinois |
|
Enlisted |
Chicago, Illinois | 22 June 1942 | Enlisted Chicago, Illinois |
|
Died |
Kiel, Germany | 29 July 1943 | MIA then declared KIA 30/7/1944 Kiel, Germany |
|
Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Netherlands | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the Missing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial Margraten, Netherlands |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorMoi Watson
Changes
Sources
Press release on Fighter Attack (see media attached document)
WWII Accounting - Missing, Illinois
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth Combat Chronology Supplement, 1942-45; p. 180.
